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Watch Trump Obsess Over the Placement of a Glass of Water in Clip From Jan 6 Documentary

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Donald Trump is one weird dude. There are many adjectives that can describe him besides weird, dangerous, narcissistic, etc., but for this particular clip, the best adjective to describe him is weird. Maybe bizarre could fit as well?

In a new clip recently shared by the January 6 documentary filmmaker Alex Holder, Trump can be seen repeatedly obsessing over the placement of a glass of water in the camera frame.

Holder, the filmmaker behind “Unprecedented” — a three-part documentary about the final months of the Trump presidency — tweeted a clip from it and wrote: “The Trumps did not have editorial control. Full stop.”

Unprecedented is scheduled to be released this summer and has been bought by Discovery+, which is Discovery’s streaming service. Holder’s documentary footage has been subpoenaed by the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot of last year.

The clip shows Trump checking himself in the frame after he takes a seat for the interview. Then goes: “I don’t think you want to have the water in the picture. You can take it. Yeah.”

Addressing staff, he says: “Put it over there, Nick.”

The man comes over and removes the table from his side on which the glass was kept.

A few seconds later, after checking the framing again, Trump says: “You know what you can do Nick, put the table back. Because it [the frame] is missing something. And put the water on the table without the thing on top over” referring to the white protective lid covering the glass.

The man puts the table back. And keeps the glass of water over a white napkin. This time, there is no lid.

Trump looks at the framing and says: “How’s that look?” He removes the napkin that was placed beneath the glass of water. And hands it to a staff member.

Finally, when he looks happy with the placement of the glass of water, Trump says: “Right. Let’s go.”

It just goes to show you how important appearances are to Trump. I didn’t even really the glass. Well, I did, but I just thought it looked normal. Trump often has a glass of water near him during interviews so I didn’t think twice. But even the showman, Trump didn’t like the way it looked.

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Nicole Hickman
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Nicole Hickman James is a lifelong Democrat and political activist who first cut her teeth as a teenager volunteering for Mike Dukakis’ presidential campaign. She has worked and volunteered for John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, HFA (Hillary For America), and Organizing For Action. She’s passionate about liberal and progressive causes and considers President Obama her favorite president ever. She holds her Bachelor’s from Boston College in Economics and her Master's from Columbia, also in Economics. When not working as a writer, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her three college-aged children.

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