“Hello, I’m President Donald Trump…”

Thus begins Trump’s freak-show video endorsement of Vernon Jones (Video Below), who is a new candidate for Congress from Georgia. Jones had been running in the Republican primary for Governor against both David Perdue and current Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.

It appears that a deal was struck to move Jones out of the race for Governor in order to clear the field for a Perdue versus Brian Kemp race. Jones has basically been handed the congressional seat as part of the deal (it appears to us).

This entire thing, from Trump’s point of view, however, is about getting Governor Brian Kemp out of office, even though Kemp is a Republican Trump supporter. Kemp, of course, would not do what it took to “overturn” Georgia’s election (There was no legal means by which he could do so, but of course, that didn’t matter to Trump) and thus Trump wants Kemp out and has selected another Trump supporter, Purdue, in the primary for governor.

But please, let’s concentrate on the utterly bizarre nature of this entire thing. First of all, Trump was against Jones just three days ago when he opposed Perdue. Then Jones dropped out. From the Miami Herald:

Former Democrat Vernon Jones dropped out of the Republican race for governor Monday to run for an open U.S. House seat, a move that gives ex-U.S. Sen. David Perdue a clearer shot at the state’s top job and provides yet another test of Donald Trump’s influence in Georgia.

And, of course, it sure looks to us like Trump decided to do a video endorsement (this is the first we’ve seen) just so he could say “I am President…” The lighting is odd, almost as if to hide something on Trump, and it’s just all… weird!

Try to imagine Barack Obama, George W. Bush, or Bill Clinton introducing themselves in a video. No, if they wanted to endorse someone by video, it would be something like; “Hello, I’d like to talk about…” or – at most, “Hello, Barack Obama here to…”  Same with the others. There is no possible way any of them open with, “Hello, I am President George W. Bush…” The entire world knows who these people are and they don’t need to use their own title in the present tense. At the VERY LEAST they would use “former.”

This is just so damned weird:

Starting out with, “Hello, I’m President Donald Trump,” the increasingly delusional former president sends out a strange video with weird lighting endorsing Vernon Jones for Congress, stating he is a “big supporter of David Perdue” (he was running against Perdue a few days ago). pic.twitter.com/LMrIF58MGX

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 9, 2022

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