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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and First Lady Melania Trump during a 2018 Hurricane Briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters on June 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Yuri Gripas - Pool/Getty Images)
'Funny, But on Another Level, Oh So Disturbing': Watch Mike Pence's Horrifying, Sycophantic Water Bottle Moment
"It's probably one of his 'signals' with Pence: 'If I put my water bottle on the floor that means I hate what they're saying—if you agree, put your water bottle on the floor.'"
Jun 07, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence seeeth. Vice President Mike Pence doeth.
In a moment that quickly went viral and became the source of laughter (as well as concern), Pence was captured in an extreme sycophantic moment as he robotically removed a water bottle from a conference table after President Donald Trump--for no good reason that anyone on Earth has yet thought of--did so first.
Watch:
In response, Twitter howled:
\u201cI am laughing so goddamn hard at this video of Trump inexplicably putting his water bottle on the floor, and Pence immediately doing the same for no reason whatsoever.\u201d— Jules Suzdaltsev (@Jules Suzdaltsev) 1528320596
\u201cMonkey see / monkey do !\nHow scary & pathetic !\nPence is so obsequious for Trumpy ! So \ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude14 https://t.co/rGl9WoqdkW\u201d— Robert Lerman (@Robert Lerman) 1528382719
\u201c@Matsamon @iRun4Jules It's probably one of his 'signals' with Pence 'If I put my water bottle on the floor that means I hate what they're saying - if you agree, put your water bottle on the floor' - you know, like kids in a tree house\u201d— Kate McClelland (@Kate McClelland) 1528320974
\u201cYes, this is funny, but on another level, oh so disturbing. https://t.co/OBOYb48s6V\u201d— Harvey Myers (@Harvey Myers) 1528376536
\u201cmother isn\u2019t gonna be able to look at him for a week https://t.co/5YKaIXxFza\u201d— Ashley Feinberg (@Ashley Feinberg) 1528338359
\u201cThis must be retweeted by all of Earth. https://t.co/gPMehPOvCx\u201d— Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1528349966
As others observed, Trump has a thing about moving items around while seated at a conference table:
\u201cTrump & Pence playing hide the water bottle reminded me of another Trump\u00a0bizzaro move around a table - rearranging things on the conference table constantly ... pushing objects into people\u2019s personal space, sliding coasters around ...\n\nWatch. No sound\u201d— RiotWomenn (@RiotWomenn) 1528344869
Might be hard for Pence to keep up with all that.
Meanwhile, in more significant news and during the same FEMA meeting, Pence also did this:
\u201cMike Pence raves about America's response to hurricanes as if Puerto Rico doesn't exist https://t.co/PnRy2cdqAz\u201d— Splinter (@Splinter) 1528321233
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Vice President Mike Pence seeeth. Vice President Mike Pence doeth.
In a moment that quickly went viral and became the source of laughter (as well as concern), Pence was captured in an extreme sycophantic moment as he robotically removed a water bottle from a conference table after President Donald Trump--for no good reason that anyone on Earth has yet thought of--did so first.
Watch:
In response, Twitter howled:
\u201cI am laughing so goddamn hard at this video of Trump inexplicably putting his water bottle on the floor, and Pence immediately doing the same for no reason whatsoever.\u201d— Jules Suzdaltsev (@Jules Suzdaltsev) 1528320596
\u201cMonkey see / monkey do !\nHow scary & pathetic !\nPence is so obsequious for Trumpy ! So \ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude14 https://t.co/rGl9WoqdkW\u201d— Robert Lerman (@Robert Lerman) 1528382719
\u201c@Matsamon @iRun4Jules It's probably one of his 'signals' with Pence 'If I put my water bottle on the floor that means I hate what they're saying - if you agree, put your water bottle on the floor' - you know, like kids in a tree house\u201d— Kate McClelland (@Kate McClelland) 1528320974
\u201cYes, this is funny, but on another level, oh so disturbing. https://t.co/OBOYb48s6V\u201d— Harvey Myers (@Harvey Myers) 1528376536
\u201cmother isn\u2019t gonna be able to look at him for a week https://t.co/5YKaIXxFza\u201d— Ashley Feinberg (@Ashley Feinberg) 1528338359
\u201cThis must be retweeted by all of Earth. https://t.co/gPMehPOvCx\u201d— Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1528349966
As others observed, Trump has a thing about moving items around while seated at a conference table:
\u201cTrump & Pence playing hide the water bottle reminded me of another Trump\u00a0bizzaro move around a table - rearranging things on the conference table constantly ... pushing objects into people\u2019s personal space, sliding coasters around ...\n\nWatch. No sound\u201d— RiotWomenn (@RiotWomenn) 1528344869
Might be hard for Pence to keep up with all that.
Meanwhile, in more significant news and during the same FEMA meeting, Pence also did this:
\u201cMike Pence raves about America's response to hurricanes as if Puerto Rico doesn't exist https://t.co/PnRy2cdqAz\u201d— Splinter (@Splinter) 1528321233
Vice President Mike Pence seeeth. Vice President Mike Pence doeth.
In a moment that quickly went viral and became the source of laughter (as well as concern), Pence was captured in an extreme sycophantic moment as he robotically removed a water bottle from a conference table after President Donald Trump--for no good reason that anyone on Earth has yet thought of--did so first.
Watch:
In response, Twitter howled:
\u201cI am laughing so goddamn hard at this video of Trump inexplicably putting his water bottle on the floor, and Pence immediately doing the same for no reason whatsoever.\u201d— Jules Suzdaltsev (@Jules Suzdaltsev) 1528320596
\u201cMonkey see / monkey do !\nHow scary & pathetic !\nPence is so obsequious for Trumpy ! So \ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude14 https://t.co/rGl9WoqdkW\u201d— Robert Lerman (@Robert Lerman) 1528382719
\u201c@Matsamon @iRun4Jules It's probably one of his 'signals' with Pence 'If I put my water bottle on the floor that means I hate what they're saying - if you agree, put your water bottle on the floor' - you know, like kids in a tree house\u201d— Kate McClelland (@Kate McClelland) 1528320974
\u201cYes, this is funny, but on another level, oh so disturbing. https://t.co/OBOYb48s6V\u201d— Harvey Myers (@Harvey Myers) 1528376536
\u201cmother isn\u2019t gonna be able to look at him for a week https://t.co/5YKaIXxFza\u201d— Ashley Feinberg (@Ashley Feinberg) 1528338359
\u201cThis must be retweeted by all of Earth. https://t.co/gPMehPOvCx\u201d— Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1528349966
As others observed, Trump has a thing about moving items around while seated at a conference table:
\u201cTrump & Pence playing hide the water bottle reminded me of another Trump\u00a0bizzaro move around a table - rearranging things on the conference table constantly ... pushing objects into people\u2019s personal space, sliding coasters around ...\n\nWatch. No sound\u201d— RiotWomenn (@RiotWomenn) 1528344869
Might be hard for Pence to keep up with all that.
Meanwhile, in more significant news and during the same FEMA meeting, Pence also did this:
\u201cMike Pence raves about America's response to hurricanes as if Puerto Rico doesn't exist https://t.co/PnRy2cdqAz\u201d— Splinter (@Splinter) 1528321233
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