Hey, do you know what makes you seem really innocent? When you appear in front of the press with handwritten notes that remind you to say how innocent you are.

As the Trump impeachment inquiry rumbles along, delivering either damning evidence (according to the Democrats) or a look at the Deep State in action (yeah, the Republicans), the president continues to rant about how hard it is being him.

‘Witchhunt’, ‘total scam’, and all the other greatest hits he trots out daily – you know the drill.

Back to those handwritten notes, though, with Rolling Stone setting the scene:

While EU ambassador Gordon Sondland was testifying during Wednesday’s impeachment hearings President Donald Trump attempted to defend himself to the media. The president held a pad of paper with words written in all-caps with a sharpie and read aloud in dramatic fashion.

Skip ahead to the 30-second mark below for the reading:

Donald Trump seized upon one particular bit of testimony from Gordon Sondland’s hearing today. The EU envoy testified that the president told him “I want nothing” from Ukraine, and “I want no quid pro quo.”

“That means it’s all over,” Trump told reportershttps://t.co/eYuiyBaqZe pic.twitter.com/JuJJNbIAyL

— POLITICO (@politico) November 20, 2019

Another totally normal display of human behaviour, there.

Also, yes, Trump did spell the name of the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, incorrectly.

His reading of the note lends itself very nicely towards memeification, and it wasn’t long before they began to circulate.

Morrissey, anyone?

.@pattonoswalt made a tweet that showed Trump’s handwritten notes and the caption was simply “Morrissey voice:”.

Needless to say, I got inspired and put WAY to much effort into this. pic.twitter.com/heOiOhl90P

— RuPaul Giamatti (@BenJamminAsh) November 21, 2019

Decent, but that has nothing on the emo reading:

Emo Trump recites poem on White House lawn pic.twitter.com/rAD3xRjX4L

— Nick Lutsko (@NickLutsko) November 20, 2019

The Ramones remix is also a work of art:

somebody on twitter today: trump’s weird hand-scrawled denial today sounds like a ramones song.

me: pic.twitter.com/mynZjx0E0M

— Alex Kliment (@SaoSasha) November 21, 2019

Ruined.

If you’re after a rather immature chuckle, fair enough, because it’s been a long week. This might do the trick:

Only way to watch @realDonaldTrump response saying he doesn’t even know #AmbassadorSondland!

Everyone needs a laugh, this right here should do it😂😂😂#ImpeachmentTaskForce #WednesdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/su8Dr5wTXU

— Skyleigh #GlovesOff📢⏰⚖️ (@Sky_Lee_1) November 20, 2019

You act like a giant toddler, and you get treated like one.

Expect more inane, and insane, ramblings over the weekend as the impeachment heat is cranked right up.

[source:rollingstone]