US President Donald Trump sits in truck as he welcomes truckers to the White House. (AFP)
Washington:
Trump at the wheel of a big rig? Yes, it happened -- at the White House.
US President Donald Trump was rallying votes for his health care reform bill Thursday but made a pit stop in the afternoon to meet with truck drivers and trucking executives.
During that meeting, he spent a few minutes happily exploring the cab of a tractor-trailer parked outside the White House.
The 70-year-old Republican, dressed in a suit, enthusiastically honked the horn before pretending to drive the vehicle and making some funny faces -- and the internet noticed, with #TrumpTruck getting some traction on Twitter.
"No one knows America like truckers know America. You see it every day. You see every hill, and you see every valley and you see every pothole in our roads that have to be rebuilt," he told his visitors during their meeting in the Cabinet Room.
As soon as the photos made their way into public domain, Twitter went into an overdrive:
Few of them even had some wisecracks:
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
US President Donald Trump was rallying votes for his health care reform bill Thursday but made a pit stop in the afternoon to meet with truck drivers and trucking executives.
During that meeting, he spent a few minutes happily exploring the cab of a tractor-trailer parked outside the White House.
The 70-year-old Republican, dressed in a suit, enthusiastically honked the horn before pretending to drive the vehicle and making some funny faces -- and the internet noticed, with #TrumpTruck getting some traction on Twitter.
"No one knows America like truckers know America. You see it every day. You see every hill, and you see every valley and you see every pothole in our roads that have to be rebuilt," he told his visitors during their meeting in the Cabinet Room.
As soon as the photos made their way into public domain, Twitter went into an overdrive:
"LOOK AT ME IVANKA....VROOOOOOOM"#trumprussia #trumptruck #sAVEtheACA #STOPgorsuch pic.twitter.com/8e864fzEAL
— (((DeepStateSnap))) (@CitizenSnap) March 23, 2017
When you forget what the limo driver taught you. #TrumpTruck pic.twitter.com/VfK6bNdzwS
— Brett Anders (@RubberBAnders) March 23, 2017
Few of them even had some wisecracks:
When your mommy tells you to get out of the truck, but you don't want to go. #Trumptruck pic.twitter.com/Svrz0qDER2
— Denice_Snowflake (@ecined) March 23, 2017
#Trump trying to make Optimus Prime great again!
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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