Trevor Noah compares Trump to ‘spray-tanned Samuel L Jackson’ after press conference behaviour
Trump earned the comparisons while speaking to journalists alongside the President of Finland
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Your support makes all the difference.Trevor Noah has compared Donald Trump to a ‘spray-tanned Samuel L Jackson’ following the US President’s behaviour in a press conference.
Trump appeared yesterday in front of reporters alongside the Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, but became increasingly upset over questions relating to the efforts to impeach him.
After being asked about his use of the word “treason” in reference to the House intelligence committee, Trump responded with a “Are you talking to me?” before telling Reuters journalist Jeff Mason to ask Niinistö a question instead.
“I’ve given you a long answer,” Trump continued. “Ask this gentleman a question. Don’t be rude!”
“Ask the President of Finland a question,” he reiterated.
Noah then compared Trump’s outburst to Samuel L Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
“Wow, Trump was really pissed off there,” Noah said. “One minute he was a President, the next second he turned into a spray-tanned Samuel L Jackson. ‘Ask the President of Finland a question! I double dare you, motherf***er! Ask him a question!’”
In January 2019, Jackson himself said that he “wholeheartedly” endorses individuals referring to Trump as a “motherf***er”, after Trump criticised Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for expressing that she wished to “impeach the motherf***er”.
“I just wanna wholeheartedly endorse your use of and clarity of purpose when declaring your motherf***ing goal last week,” Jackson wrote on Twitter. “Calling that muthaf****** a motherf****r is not an issue, calling that muthaf***** President is!”
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