We’ve long since given up on the American presidential race being one filled with sense and sensibility, but you know things have spiralled out of control when people start believing this is an actual candidate’s video.

That candidate is Donald Trump, and given what we’ve seen over the past year I suppose you can kind of understand where people are coming from.

Before we dive in let’s get some background courtesy of The Intercept:

This should go without saying, but the deliriously funny “Japanese Donald Trump Commercial” viewed nearly 8 million times since its release on Wednesday — in which a young woman joyfully imagines her hero, Donald Trump, becoming “World President” — is a work of satire…

Multiple versions of the video have been uploaded, with eight million views across the lot, and of course people losing their marbles.

…a surprising number of the first 24,000 comments on the video on Facebook and YouTube have come from people who took it to be genuine, despite the fact that it features a hopelessly love-struck young woman dreaming of a world in which Trump’s bust is atop every building, rainbows emanate from his mouth, and the candidate is able to transform into a mythical beast that is half dinosaur, half pony.

People in comments sections are idiots, sorry to spoil your party.

Warning, watching this video below may make you think your brekkie was laced with hallucinogenics.

Pretty full on.

Feel like another ridiculous Trump video to kickstart your Friday? Of course you do – here’s a ‘Damn Daniel’ parody that’s worth watching through to the end.

[source:theintercept]