# What’s up with Trump’’s goofy little fist sign? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901 "2022-09-03T21:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/41 "2022-09-08T13:57:16Z")
I believe the custom of clapping at one’s audience was originally intended as a salute to the audience. No idea what Trump thinks he’s doing when he claps. I am fairly certain he is unaware that the raised fist is common among leftists of many persuasions. Unless…maybe he really is a Russian spy, but old-school Commie? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/42 "2022-09-08T14:33:08Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > [“Hold on! I’m comin’!”](https://www.facebook.com/reel/523496502845404/?s=single_unit) > > [I apologize if this was already included in any of the earlier links.] That really illustrates his tiny hands. And his horrible dance moves. Elaine looks like a Solid Gold dancer compared to him. > [@Kropotkin](#): > > I believe the custom of clapping at one’s audience was originally intended as a salute to the audience. No idea what Trump thinks he’s doing when he claps. I think this is what he believes he is doing because while he is clapping, he exaggeratedly mouths “THANK YOU” and then points to his adoring cult members. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/43 "2022-09-08T14:34:01Z")
He’s actually a double-secret agent for BLM whose mission it was to expose and destroy the Republican Party from within, and that’s his secret BLM salute. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/44 "2022-09-08T15:11:32Z")
Which BLM? I sort of like the idea of BLM as a sleepy Federal bureaucracy whose legit mission is plagued by run-ins with RW rifle-toting nutz. Now they’ve gone rogue themselves, having decided they’d had enough of the nutz and now they want to pwn the cons once and for all. So they hire Trump to blow up the RW movement from within. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/45 "2022-09-08T20:33:05Z")
This has given me hope… ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/46 "2022-11-16T15:10:30Z")
Here’s one example of his silly little fists: [Trump summons dregs of Republicanism for 'announcement' that he is running in 2024](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/15/2136324/-Trump-summons-dregs-of-Republicanism-for-announcement-that-may-or-may-not-launch-new-campaign) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/47 "2022-11-18T23:20:42Z")
MY EYES!!! Arg curse you. 😉 No seriously. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/48 "2022-11-19T00:21:31Z")
He does that when he dances. He probably thinks it makes him look cool. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/49 "2022-11-19T04:06:04Z")
For I am the largest failure in all the land!!!1! ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901/50 "2022-11-27T16:22:42Z")
His fist thing vaguely reminds me of the half hearted Nazi salute you would see sometimes on _Hogan’s Heroes_. Usually by Klink after he says “Yes, yes, Heil Hitler.” > [@carrps](#): > > He does that when he dances. He probably thinks it makes him look cool. Unfortunately for us, his audience thinks everything he does looks cool. To everyone else he looks like he only has a vague idea of what dancing is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901.md?page=2)