Donald Trump quietly made a surprise visit to Washington D.C. yesterday, prompting all sorts of online chatter about what the ex-president, who never goes anywhere without a great deal of pomp and circumstance, was doing there.
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Video of Trump dressed in plain clothes and white golf shoes and quickly transferring from a private jet into a black SUV waiting for him on the tarmac hit the internet Sunday evening.
'It's gotta be the shoes'. What do they tell you? This is apparently Trump getting off a plane in DC tonight. pic.twitter.com/UwI0ksqMZ7
— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) September 12, 2022
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Trump, who has only visited Washington D.C once since he left the White House in January 2021, made no mention of the trip on Truth Social, the social media account he frequently posts on, or via any other statement.
The surprise visit has resulted in a range of theories being shared online. Some have suggested that Trump may be in D.C. because he is due to be arrested by the Department of Justice, or that he may be visiting the Walter Reed hospital for health reasons.
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Of course, there could be any number of totally legit, non-sinister reasons why the one-term, twice-impeached ex-president traveled to Washington, D.C. in the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterm elections. But the shroud of mystery behind his visit has people’s imaginations working overtime.
Now, some tweets…
Trump is in DC 57 days before the election
Which is right around the DOJ’s alleged 60-day threshold for “election year sensitivities”
So, if the theories of indictment hold true, this would be perfect timing
Also, indicting Trump on 9/11 would be sweet, beautiful justice
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) September 12, 2022
“Trump is in DC for his reinstatement” – The Pillow Guy
— Hoodlum ?? (@NotHoodlum) September 12, 2022
Rudy Giuliani when he finds out Trump is in DC pic.twitter.com/jM9b8ZOLC9
— cesar (@jebaiting) September 12, 2022
I hope Trump is in DC to speak to a grand jury. He must be here for some reason even he can’t spin because his arrival was unannounced and hush hush.
— Duty To Warn ? (@duty2warn) September 12, 2022
Why Donald Trump is in DC? What is the tea, hunny?
— greg (@mistergeezy) September 12, 2022
Trump is in DC.
The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts. pic.twitter.com/BcQapdreCb
— May (@TheShyMay) September 12, 2022
Trump is in DC and hasn't said anything on social media at all. Highly unusual for such an attention thirsty man.
It's almost as if someone confiscated his phone.— AnRchy™ (@KzToxico) September 12, 2022
Is there any particular Treason why Trump is in DC …?
— It's (not) all ticketyboo…. Is it? (@Theredheadket) September 12, 2022
Maybe Trump is in DC to go to Walter Reed to have those top secret documents he ate removed from his colon.
— Artist formerly known as Deven Nunez Cow (@EmmReef) September 12, 2022
Everybody: Trump is in DC? WHY???
Trump: pic.twitter.com/OxbNCH5DnX
— RJ Dralle (@rjdralle) September 12, 2022
Trump is in DC tonight possibly not by his choice. Possibly he is being trade to Russia for Brittney Griner and a third round draft pick
— Rand Paul's Neighbor – Typo's are my thing (@jbrown11871) September 12, 2022
A lot of folks have asked, but I don’t have a clue why Trump is in DC. My thoughts:
1. Health issue / going to Walter Reed
2. Turning himself in? ????
It’s not often Trump does anything without fanfare, so this makes me think it’s a narrative he can’t control. pic.twitter.com/IGXsPzeBhb
— Angry Staffer ? (@Angry_Staffer) September 12, 2022
Trump’s unannounced trip to D.C. comes at the same time a new book by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman is about to drop.
According to Haberman, Trump allegedly told aides that he wouldn’t leave the White House in the days following his 2020 election loss, saying: “We’re never leaving. How can you leave when you won an election?”
CNN reports:
Haberman’s book, “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” is being released on October 4. The revelations from the book come as investigators in the US House and the Justice Department probe Trump’s refusal to cede power after the 2020 election. The House select committee investigating January 6 is planning more hearings and a final report this fall, while federal investigators have recently served several former Trump aides with subpoenas.
As we like to say here at Queerty…
abfab
If he’s golfing may a severe lightning storm ignite the nest on his head and cause his innards to explode.
RIGay
Too on point.
MISTERJETT
that’s tumbleweed on his head.
abfab
A rats nest! He is the skuzziest man alive. So are his big basket of deplorables. Awful.
jt1990
But if that happens, he won’t have to pay the overdue rent owed to you guys. You know, for living in your heads 24/7 since 2016. LMAO!
RIGay
I guess he missed the DC area McDonald’s.
LumpyPillows
Didn’t announce it. Hasn’t said anything about it. It must not be good for Trump. Let’s hope citizen Trump has been indicted.
Kangol2
Sounds like a hospital visit to me. The hospitals in New York, New Jersey and the Miami area would probably not allow a news blackout but if he’s shuffled over to Walter Reed, they’ll keep quiet about whatever’s going on till after the fact, the same way they did (with some mistruth woven in) when he got Covid-19 back in 2020. I really don’t think AG Garland will indict him until after the election, but I could be wrong. All the other potential indictments (in NY, in GA, etc.) are outside DC.
abfab
This shlep went up to DC to bribe city officials into making his funeral services longer and more beautiful than the Queen’s and to start the invitiation list. Very few deplorable, moronic rednecks will show up.
white-queer-african
Those hideous white shoes with the rest of the dreary outfit hanging like a sack on a fat pig?
So jt1990 and all the other f*cked screennames, we wait for your banal comments in support of the orange blob / turd.
LOL! LOL! LOL!
abfab
He was always talking about the swamp that is (but isn’t) D.C. He could have the lead role in the remake of The Swamp Creature Lives and never have to go to makeup.
jt1990
Fat shaming are we? Thought that was a no-no among cultists—err Leftists I mean. But hey I am thankful to know that if Trump truly is a treasonous terrorist, he has a loyal fanbase of stalkers to track his every move….
still_onthemark
White shoes after Labor Day? Always the scofflaw. Or maybe the FBI hid his sneakers, poor baby.
Cam
So the reporter Maggie Haberman held onto info about a President saying he was going to try to commit a coup against American democracy so she could sell a book later.
Or, maybe the fact that Maggie Haberman’s mother has worked for Trump and Kushner doing PR for them in the past had something to do with her delay.
bachy
He went to DC to retrieve “his” Top Secret documents – which were obviously STOLEN by those CORRUPT LIARS at the FBI! (Sorry, but I been around long enough to know how Failure 45 reframes every story…)
seven5tx
For those who have not heard, Truth Social, like Trumps other businesses is leaving a string of unpaid bills and heading to bankruptcy. Didn’t he say it would be bigger than twitter and facebook?
bachy
Only someone who hasn’t been lobotomized could have seen that coming!
woodroad34
I had read that there’s a possibility he was going to meet with conservative MAGA leaders to talk either about the impending indictment by Garland or something similar to raise money for the eventual trial (Hello “Stop the Steal”). And, amazing how he can walk down those stairs without holding on to someone’s hand–there must be cleats on those shoes.
abfab
Or dog shit.