“Trump would rather be electrocuted than eaten by a shark, remember that whole thing, remember that?” the president asked the crowd at his Detroit, Michigan campaign rally.
“Poor Donald, he can’t even watch TV this week because it’s Shark Week.”
The remarks arrived as the president, who has faced calls in recent weeks to prove he can continue to lead the nation or exit the 2024 race, mocked Trump’s “rambling” including his talk of the fictional cannibal Hannibal Lecter.
Sharks are reportedly one of Trump’s fears as Stormy Daniels, whose alleged affair with the former president was at the center of his hush money case, told InTouch in 2011 that the former president was “obsessed” and “terrified” of sharks as she recalled him watching the Discovery programming block.
“He was like, ‘I donate to all these charities and I would never donate to any charity that helps sharks. I hope all the sharks die,’” said Daniels of Trump, who has denied he had an affair with the porn star.
“He was like riveted. He was like obsessed. It’s so strange, I know.”
Trump’s recent shark remarks come as his cognition has been questioned as he was reportedly unable to “keep a thought straight” in a June meeting with CEOs, publicly misnamed his former doctor and questioned what happens to electric planes when the “sun isn’t shining.”