On Nov. 1, 2024, former U.S. President Donald Trump had problems with his microphone not working during a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After Trump complained about his microphone troubles to the audience, many on social media who shared clips of the moment claimed the 2024 Republican presidential nominee had mimed a sex act with the mic:Or, as "Saturday Night Live's" Colin Jost politely put it, Trump "complained about his microphone and appeared to mime doing something very specific to it." Snopes readers who encountered the clip wrote in to ask if the footage was real and if Trump had actually mimed performing oral sex on his microphone, as claimed. Leading up to the alleged miming, Trump held the microphone away from his body and leaned down toward the podium. Absent direct insight into his thought process while he performed these actions, we're unable to confirm or disprove the claim that he had mimed a sex act while speaking at his campaign rally.

Source: New York Times November 06, 2024 05:37 UTC