While addressing army members in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump pivoted from praising troops to commenting on stair etiquette—and used Barack Obama for example.

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In his speech, Trump criticized President Biden’s bodily stumbles, telling the group, “They looked at him falling downstairs every day. Every day the guy’s falling downstairs.” He claimed world leaders noticed this and mentioned, “It’s not our president. We can’t have it.”

He then launched right into a self-deprecating anecdote about how cautious he’s at any time when he descends stairs. “I walk very slowly,” he mentioned. “Nobody has to set a record. Just try not to fall, ‘cause it doesn’t work out well.”

“Don’t bop down the stairs”

Despite slamming Obama’s presidency, Trump mentioned he at all times observed how the previous president carried himself when strolling.

“I had zero respect for him as a president,” Trump mentioned. “But he would bop down those stairs.” He added, “He’d go down the stairs, wouldn’t hold on. I said, ‘It’s great.’ I don’t want to do it… but eventually bad things are going to happen.”

He warned his viewers to not comply with go well with. “You don’t have to set any record,” he mentioned once more. “Be cool when you walk down. But don’t bop down the stairs.”

The quote rapidly grew to become a meme on-line, with some customers including footage of Obama “bopping” down the steps of Air Force One over Donald Trump’s quote.

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On TikTok, customers reacted to the lighthearted supercuts, saying issues like “Obama Will forever live rent-free in his head.” “His jealousy is unbelievable,” mentioned one commenter.

“Nobody, but Trump, has pointed this out,” talked about one.

“It’s called swag, something Trump never will have,” mentioned one other.

“How odd to say this out loud,” one jokes.

Reddit reacts to Trump’s army speech

Over on r/TheScoop, Reddit customers didn’t maintain again after watching Trump’s full speech in Quantico. Many questioned the relevance of his remarks, particularly the prolonged tangent on stairs and submarines.

One person wrote, “I unfortunately forced myself to watch this whole thing.” They contrasted Trump’s speech with co-speaker Pete Hegseth’s, saying, “At least Hegseth had a proper speech, hit the points he intended to, and that’s it.”

Trump, however, “literally just didn’t shut the [expletive] up for an hour,” they mentioned. “Talking about this, China and Russia not having the kind of submarines we do, how he’s a very ‘aesthetic’ person and says our ships aren’t very good looking. How tariff is just the most beautiful word.”

According to the identical commenter, Trump even claimed that D.C. was extra harmful than Afghanistan—“what the [expletive] are you talking about Jesse”—and mentioned he was the one who “fixed it.” They referred to as it “just complete nonsense FOR AN HOUR.”

One person in contrast the whole occasion to one thing darker.

“We are now trapped in this man’s hellscape and we’ve only just entered the doorway,” they wrote. “He’s now trying to convince the military to go after his enemies, to kill them. This is what is waiting for us in the next room.”

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