>Trump Mocked Over 'Bizarre Rant' About Sharks
>Published Jun 10, 2024 at 4:27 AM EDT
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>Donald Trump Mocked Over 'Bizarre Rant' About Sharks
>By Ewan Palmer
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>Donald Trump has been mocked online after going on a tirade against sharks
>and sinking boats during his recent campaign rally in Las Vegas.
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>During his speech in the key swing state of Nevada on Sunday, the former
>president posed a hypothetical scenario in which a boat with a large
>battery sinks while a shark was nearby.
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>"If the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking,
>do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted?" Trump said. "Or do I
>jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?"
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>Author and frequent Trump critic Stephen King was one of those who
>criticized the former president for his remarks.
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>"This is like listening to your senile uncle at the dinner table after he
>has that third drink," King posted on X, formerly Twitter.
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>Trump's rally in Las Vegas on Sunday was his first large-scale open air
>campaign event since he was convicted of 34 charges of falsifying business
>records in New York.
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>Trump has frequently discussed his dislike of electric vehicles, and
>previously used the electrocution or shark attack comparison during a
>campaign speech in the landlocked state of Iowa last October.
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>The Republican also said he posed the question on whether someone would
get
>electrocuted if an electric boat sank during a speech in Michigan in
>September 2023.
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>The former president is also said to have a strong dislike of sharks,
>including telling a crowd of his supporters during a rally in Pennsylvania
>in August 2020: "I'm not a big fan of sharks. I have people calling me up,
>'Sir, we have a fund to save the shark, it's called Save The Shark.'
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>"I say 'no thank you, I have other things I can contribute to."
>Donald Trump in Las Vegas
>Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump
>speaks during his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 09, 2024 in Las
>Vegas, Nevada. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
>What We Know
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>During his speech on Sunday, Trump described how he posed a question which
>"nobody's ever asked" before about whether it would be better to be
>electrocuted on a boat or eaten by a shark in the ocean.
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>"I say, what would happen if the boat sank from its weight, and you're in
>the boat, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery
>is now underwater. And there's a shark that's approximately 10 yards over
>there," Trump said.
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>"By the way, lot of shark attacks lately, I watched some guys justifying
it
>today. 'Well, they weren't really that angry. They bit off the young
lady's
>leg because of the fact that they were, they were not hungry, but they
>misunderstood who she was," Trump added. "He said 'there's no problem with
>sharks, they just didn't really understand a young woman's swimming. She
>really got decimated and other people too, a lot of shark attacks."
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>Returning back to his original point, Trump continues: "So I said, there's
>a shark 10 yards away from the boat, do I get electrocuted? If the boat is
>sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking, do I stay on
top
>of the boat and get electrocuted? Or do I jump over by the shark and not
>get electrocuted?
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>"Because I will tell you he didn't know the answer. He said, 'you know,
>nobody's ever asked me that question.' I said I think it's a good
question.
>I think there's a lot of electric current coming to that water. But you
>know what I'd do? If there was a shark or you get electrocuted, I'll take
>electrocution every single time. I'm not getting near the shark."
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>A number of social media users have now ridiculed Trump for his comments
>during Sunday's rally.
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>Harry Sisson, who is part of a Biden administration initiative to promote
>the president's 2024 campaign on social media, wrote: "WHAT?! Trump just
>ranted about sharks, boats, batteries, and water in an incoherent rant.
>Trump's brain is malfunctioning every day at this point. This is utter
>nonsense. Go ahead, try to make sense of any of this..."
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>Former NBC senior executive Mike Sington said: "People are standing
outside
>in hundred degree heat in Las Vegas to hear Trump babble on and on about
>sharks and batteries. He doesn't talk about you, or what he's going to do
>for you, or your future.
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>"It's always about him, or meaningless nonsense. He's a complete waste of
>time."
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>Political scientist Norman Ornstein added: "I just hope he ends up in a
>prison where he can get the help he so desperately needs."
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>Trump's office has been contacted for comment via email.
>What's Next
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>Trump has yet to confirm where his next 2024 campaign rally will be held.
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Trump is a lowlife.