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Donald Trump claims he looks like Elvis Presley in wild Instagram post
'For so many years, people have been saying that Elvis and I look
alike,' former president wrote
Canoe.com
Published Feb 05, 2024 Last updated 1 day ago 3 minute read

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1067187644918980608

Elvis Presley fans were "all shook up" following former U.S. President
Donald Trump's claims that he looks like the King of Rock and Roll.

Trump surprised followers when he shared a photo to Instagram and his
Truth Social platform that showed his face spliced with Presley's.

"For so many years, people have been saying that Elvis and I look
alike," Trump wrote in the post. "Now this pic has been going all over
the place. What do you think?"

His message garnered over 620,000 likes on both social media platforms
but sparked a tidal wave of jokes.

Democratic strategist Johnny Palmadessa claimed Trump "clearly has
dementia" after he shared the image.

"He just compared himself to Elvis because he believes they 'look
alike,'" Palmadessa wrote on X. "He needs to seek help."

"Trump says he's an Elvis look alike. Hopefully he will soon be doing
the Jailhouse Rock. #TrumpIsNotWell," another social media user wrote on
X.

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann piled on, writing, "Dementia J. Trump
now trying to convince his cult he's somehow like Elvis Presley. You
mean both brain dead since 1977? You bet!"

Another X user tweeted, "If you believe Trump looks like Elvis do
yourself a favour and stay out of any bar near closing time."

This isn't the first time Trump has claimed that he looks like the late
music icon, who died at age 42 in 1977.

At a 2018 rally in Presley's hometown of Tupelo, Miss., Trump said he'd
been compared to Presley for years.

"I shouldn't say this. You'll say I'm very conceited 'cause I'm not,"
Trump told the crowd as he campaigned for Republican Sen. Cindy
Hyde-Smith. "But other than the blonde hair, when I was growing up, they
said I looked like Elvis. You see that? Can you believe it? I always
considered that a great compliment We love Elvis."

After Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Presley in
November 2018, the Republican spoke about seeing the Hound Dog singer
play live in Las Vegas once.

"At the end of a performance [by Presley], oftentimes the fans would go
so wild -- I was there once in Las Vegas at the Hilton. The fans were
ripping the place apart, screaming. They were going crazy," Trump said
at the ceremony, according to a White House transcript.

"And they announced, 'Elvis has left the house. Elvis ' If they didn't
say that, I think I'd still be there," Trump said. "Maybe I wouldn't be
here. But they had to do that. 'Elvis has gone. Elvis has left.' "

Trump's strange social media post comes after his rival, President Joe
Biden, called the upcoming U.S. election "the weirdest campaign I've
ever been engaged in."

"I'm feeling good about where we are, I really am," Biden said during a
speech in Wilmington, Del., near his family home, according to The Hill.
"You know, folks are starting to focus in and the guy we're running
against, he is -- he's not for anything, he's against everything I mean
it, it's the weirdest campaign I've ever been engaged in, it's even
worse in terms of his behaviour than the last time in 2020."

The two have already been engaging in a war of words with Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, routinely referring to
Biden as "Sleepy Joe" and "Crooked Joe."

Meanwhile, behind closed doors, Biden has described Trump -- who is
facing 91 criminal charges in four felony cases -- to longtime friends
and close aides as a "'sick f***' who delights in others' misfortunes."

According to one source who spoke to Politico last week, Biden recently
said of Trump: "What a f***ing a**hole the guy is."

"None of it surprised me," Jen Psaki, a former Biden White House press secretary, said of Politico's report on Sunday's broadcast of her MSNBC
show.

"I'm not condoning it, of course, but there were definitely some
Democrats out there who may have felt seen by it," Psaki added.

But Trump is using the claim for his own gain.

In an email to drum up fundraising efforts obtained by Mediaite, Trump
wrote: "BIDEN JUST CALLED ME A SICK F-WORD!"

Friend, but you know he doesn't just think that about me, he thinks
that about EVERY SINGLE ONE of my proud supporters. HE THINKS THAT ABOUT
YOU! Hillary Clinton calls us deplorables. Biden will spit on us & call
us every curse word in the dictionary. BUT I WILL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU
BECAUSE YOU LOVE AMERICA! And I know with your patriotic support at this
very moment, WE WILL STOP HIM! Before the day is over, I'm calling on
EVERY PATRIOT reading this message to chip in and say, I LOVE PRESIDENT
TRUMP!

The email concluded, "If you stand with me now, we'll be the ones
laughing on Election Day."

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