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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Louis Chilton

Celebrities including Dave Bautista and Henry Winkler mock Trump's one-handed drinking in parody videos

Celebrities including Dave Bautista and Henry Winkler have mocked Donald Trump‘s demonstration of drinking one-handed.

The US president’s health was the subject of public debate earlier this month, when a video circulated of Trump seemingly struggling to raise a glass of water to his lips without the aid of two hands.

In a campaign rally over the weekend, however, Trump paused his speech to take a drink with one hand, prompting cheers from the crowd. He then threw the glass away to the side, which was met with more cheering.

In a video posted on Twitter by former Happy Days star Winkler, captioned “One Hand”, the actor can be seen impassively raising a glass to his lips and drinking.

Within 10 hours of being uploaded, Winkler’s video had been watched by more than two million people.

Bautista’s parody was even more derisory; the Guardians of the Galaxy star filmed himself psyching himself up for over a minute to the sounds of dramatic backing music, before also lifting a glass of water to his lips and drinking.

“@realDonaldTrump thank you for the inspiration,” he wrote, next to the video.

Others have also reacted to Trump’s public demonstration of health with ridicule and disbelief.

The Wire creator David Simon wrote on Twitter: “Fun is fun, but we’ve really lowered the bar for leading a nation of 330 million souls in the nuclear/digital age to a terrifying point, haven’t we?”

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