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Updated · HuffPost · Jul 24
Trump Draws 70-Second Ovation at EPA Event as Social Media Mocks Dictator-Like Scene
Updated
Updated · HuffPost · Jul 24

Trump Draws 70-Second Ovation at EPA Event as Social Media Mocks Dictator-Like Scene

1 articles · Updated · HuffPost · Jul 24

Summary

  • More than 70 seconds of applause greeted Donald Trump at an EPA event on Thursday, with a second ovation lasting nearly a minute as he exited.
  • Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” played as Trump arrived to unveil the Ratepayer Protection Pledge on artificial intelligence data centers, and the clapping continued until the song ended before he sat down.
  • X users quickly mocked the prolonged ovations, with critics saying the scene resembled the staged adulation associated with authoritarian regimes such as North Korea.

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