A group of Ugandan children went viral after sharing a re-enactment of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
Days after the horrific, near-fatal shooting shocked the world, the group of children, led by TikToker Blud Ugrevealed how far the shocking images spread around the world as they recreated the chaotic – and now infamous – scenes.
Using wooden guns and a desk made of plastic crates, the Ugandan children satirically reenacted the shooting, while the child playing Trump raised his fist in the air and shouted, “Fight!”
The clip has been viewed millions of times on social media, with viewers saying it shows ‘the whole world’ standing still and watching the attempted assassination.
A group of Ugandan children have gone viral after sharing a hilarious re-enactment of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Using wooden guns and a desk made of plastic crates, the Ugandan children satirically reenacted the shooting, with the leader raising his fist in the air and shouting “fight.”
In the footage, the group of children used the actual sound of the Trump shooting, with the one impersonating the former president standing behind a makeshift lectern facing other children.
As the shots were heard on the audio, the “mini Trump” Secret Service mimicked his guards’ response by quickly surrounding him with fake wooden rifles.
The child then raised his fist in the air and mouthed “fight,” just as Trump did in footage shot around the world from Butler, Pennsylvania.
And just as Trump once again pumped his fist in the air as he was being herded into an SUV by the Secret Service, the young Ugandan boy continued his act by continuing his impersonation to the very end.
The children hilariously imitated the Secret Service’s response to the shooting
While the assassination attempt caused widespread panic and raised concerns about the safety of public figures in America, viewers in the video joked about the huge reaction to the original footage.
“People forget that the whole world is watching what’s happening in America,” someone noted.
“That moment touched something primal and deep,” said another.
“I don’t think we realize yet how big of an impact this is having on such a large scale and all over the world.”
As the ‘mini Trump’ raised his fist in the air, his ‘Secret Service’ surrounded him and chased him away
The Trump impersonator continued to raise his fist in the air as the clip ended
The children recreated images of Trump’s near-assassination that quickly became iconic
Commentators also took the opportunity to compare the images of the Ugandan children to a range of conspiracy theories and scandals surrounding the assassination attempt.
When the Secret Service’s response was investigated further, one of them responded, “It’s sad that the children in Uganda are doing better than the SS.”
“The Secret Service would be better off hiring these kids,” said another.
Attention is now mounting on the Secret Service as the agency’s head, Kimberly Cheatle, faces mounting pressure to resign over the chaotic situation.
As questions arise about why her agency didn’t put an officer on the roof where gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots, she offers a bizarre explanation.
She said Secret Service officials handling security for Trump’s rally considered the warehouse, 440 feet (135 meters) from where Trump spoke, a risky position to station an agent.
“That building in particular has a sloped roof at the highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be taken into consideration, we wouldn’t want to put someone on a sloped roof,” she told ABC News in an interview Tuesday.
‘And so it was decided to secure the building from the inside.’
Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle is already facing calls to resign amid what some are calling a “massive security failure”
New, chilling details have revealed that a team of local police snipers was inside the building when the 20-year-old Crooks opened fire, shooting Trump in the ear and killing a member of the protest crowd.
The crooks managed to evade police and the Secret Service three times, despite him being considered a “suspicious” person and possibly having been on the roof for 30 minutes before pulling the trigger.
Witnesses also pleaded with police to intervene when they saw him climb onto the roof with his AR rifle, but the lack of security allowed him to carry out his attempt to end the 45th president’s life.