Trump Hops Into A Big-Rig Amid Frenzy Around Health Care Bill (VIDEO)

President Donald Trump gestures while sitting in an 18-wheeler truck while meeting with truckers and CEOs regarding healthcare on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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While House Republican leaders and the White House worked furiously to whip up support for the GOP’s health care bill, President Donald Trump was busy tooting his own horn.

Well, a truck’s horn.

Trump climbed into the driver’s seat of a truck on the South lawn of the White House as he spoke with truck drivers and truck company CEOs about health care, according to various reports.

Trump also joked that the media would be “happy” if he fell getting out of the truck, according to one account.

Trump then got into one of the trucks, joked as if he were driving the truck and honked the horn to applause from the crowd.

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  1. Careful or he might try to drive it through a crowd of Muslims…

  2. That’s either Burt Reynolds or a pile of garbage. Picture’s kinda hazy.

  3. Trump also joked that the media would be “happy” if he fell getting out of the truck, according to one account.

    I’d be happy if he fell under it, preferably while moving.

  4. Considering Judge Gorsuch’s decision that a truck driver was required to freeze to death because his company told him to, I’m wondering at why they’re all so happy to see him

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