# Trump can't make a fist **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [April 25, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725 "2024-04-25T05:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/41 "2024-04-25T21:44:17Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Maybe he’s doing a Black Power salute? [![](https://genderraceclassblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/download.png) ](https://genderraceclassblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/download.png) He might be trying to do it, but look where the thumb is in that image, compared to trump’s pathetic attempt to make a fist. It’s more likely he is doing a “Cheese, Gromit!” salute: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/BiYDwGB.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/BiYDwGB/) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/42 "2024-04-25T22:49:58Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > It’s more likely he is doing a “Cheese, Gromit!” salute: Wallace has a thousand times more class than Trump, and he’s made of clay. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/43 "2024-04-25T23:02:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > and he’s made of clay. So are Trump’s feet. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/44 "2024-04-25T23:08:49Z")
Gromit does too. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/45 "2024-04-25T23:15:36Z")
An Gromit knows how to read. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/46 "2024-04-25T23:24:24Z")
I find it hard to put my thumb there while making a fist. It just doesn’t want to go there. It wants to straddle my middle 2 fingers or be completely to one side of my index finger. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/47 "2024-04-25T23:26:57Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > > [@gnoitall](#): > > > > Maybe he’s doing a Black Power salute? > > He might be trying to do it, but look where the thumb is in that image, compared to trump’s pathetic attempt to make a fist. My take: Trump keeps his thumb to the side like that in order to make his hands look bigger. If he had his thumb wrapped over his fingers like a normal fist, it would look like just a little hand-nubbin next to his broad jowly face. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/48 "2024-04-25T23:36:46Z")
I actually use the Trump fist to my forehead to mean Trump the idiot. It’s my personal variation in ASL. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/49 "2024-04-25T23:39:44Z")
I wonder if his tiny fist gave them the idea for Deadpool: > **[Wade Wilson's Baby Hand Scene | Deadpool (2016) Movie Clip HD 4K](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rP1kGPP8Js%2F)** > > Wade Wilson's Baby Hand Scene | Deadpool (2016) Movie Clip 4K Ultra HDCast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hil... ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/50 "2024-04-25T23:40:45Z")
“You can’t go taking liberties like this! I’m a respectable citizen!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/51 "2024-04-26T06:15:30Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > He seems to drag his feet in a shuffle occasionally. > > > > I think its an anomaly. Maybe birth defect? > > Most likely from his bone spurs. Or arthritis (I have a touch of it in both thumbs, and that’s the most comfortable fist I usually make. Not that I find myself making a fist very often these days). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/52 "2024-04-26T06:31:02Z")
Fitting. If I recall correctly, this photo was taken was the night President Trump announced a premature victory, when he actually failed to clinch the 2020 election. … He must have made the fist after the video ends… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W9d6j2uO6MI/maxresdefault.jpg "President Donald Trump attempts to claim election victory as several states still count ballots") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9d6j2uO6MI) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/53 "2024-04-26T11:52:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or arthritis (I have a touch of it in both thumbs, and that’s the most comfortable fist I usually make. Not that I find myself making a fist very often these days). That’s kinda what I think. I’m only 63 and I find it hard to cross my fingers. Or it’s because he’s a moron. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/54 "2024-04-26T12:56:52Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or it’s because he’s a moron. From the onset, this has been the obvious explanation for his stupid looking short fingered fistlet. Explains plenty of other things also. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/55 "2024-04-26T13:49:15Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or it’s because he’s a moron. ‘I’m the _best_ moron! Nobody’s ever seen a bigger moron than me! Morons… big strong morons… come up to me with tears in their eyes and tell me, “Sir, you’ve done more for morons than anybody! No wonder you won all 50 states and got billions more votes than anyone ever!” But the Deep State with their Corrupt and ILLEGAL Witch Hunt covfefe brhuahl! Best Steaks Ever!’ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/56 "2024-04-26T14:10:51Z")
I soooo want to get his American flag pin replaced with a Russian flag. Also for MTG. It’s white over blue over red. They would never notice themselves. And if they did - “In honor of you, we created a new flag pin. Only you get to wear it”. If you can fake a tear, that would help. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725/57 "2024-04-27T03:44:44Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I find it hard to put my thumb there while making a fist. It just doesn’t want to go there. It wants to straddle my middle 2 fingers or be completely to one side of my index finger Your fingers are probably larger than his. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725.md?page=2)