He got behind the wheel of a garbage truck on his way to the White House, and now a garbage truck will join Donald Trump’s inaugural parade.
The truck was one of Trump’s memorable stunts during his campaign, topped only by his stint as a deep fryer at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania to troll Kamala Harris about her statements about working at a McDonald’s in California as a college student.
On January 20, the truck will drive up Pennsylvania Avenue in a procession that will include military bands, student ensembles and horse shows, cementing the Trump transition. the Hill.
The truck gambit gave Trump a way to slam President Biden as he made his appeal to working-class voters in battleground Wisconsin.
The Truck’s appearance gives Trump the opportunity to troll Biden again. (Biden will no longer be president by the time the parade takes place.)
The Trump transition provided no additional details about the truck.
Biden himself made an unforced error when he responded to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash” during a major MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden.
That prompted Biden to tell Latino activists, “The only trash I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American.”
Trump’s team seized this opportunity. Within hours, Trump climbed into a gleaming white garbage truck with his “Make America Great Again” logo in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
President Donald Trump memorably drove a garbage truck during the campaign. A garbage truck will take part in its inaugural parade
Trump carried the state. It was a clever photo, although Trump may have gone overboard when he compared the garbage truck driver to being a dead ringer for Cary Grant.
Video of the 78-year-old Trump missing the truck’s door handle twice also sparked conspiracy theories.
Trump ultimately carried Wisconsin, along with the rust belt battlegrounds of Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The Trump team is trickling out details of the inaugural festivities
Biden’s “garbage” comment caught on, in part because Trump allies compared it to Hillary Clinton’s famous “basket of deplorables” line, even though Biden’s team said the president was referring to the specific Trump supporter, not all .
The garbage truck may be the first to be part of an inaugural parade, although DC often uses its fleet of garbage trucks for security to help barricade government buildings.
Trump’s inaugural committee says there will be 7,500 participants from 23 states.
Others marching include first responders from Pennsylvania’s Butler County, where a would-be assassin shot Trump, grazing his ear.
The parade will also feature “America’s Patriotic Tractor” from West Des Moines, Iowa, military bands, Florida firefighters and more.