A young girl’s bewildered expression was left when former President Donald Trump signed her hand with a permanent marker.
Trump approached a metal barricade with supporters on the opposite side while he was at a campaign rally. The girl was sitting on her father’s shoulders when he reached out and shook her hand, as seen in a video posted to Twitter by PatriotTakes.
The girl’s right hand was then signed by the former president while her father and she looked on. Trump shook her father’s hand and spoke briefly with him as the daughter sat looking at her signed hand.
Trump went on to sign the white hat of another fan.
It was unclear exactly what Trump had written on the girl’s hand or if it was an autograph.
It appeared to be “Hi!” according to a Twitter user, and PatriotTakes confirmed it could be the case.
Trump has done it in the past as well.
Another video tweeted by PatriotTakes shows Trump signing another young girl’s right hand in March while seated at a table at his Mar-a-Lago estate. As Trump continued to write, her mother grinned and laughed while making the remark, “You can never shower again.”
You have no idea, Trump remarked.
Trump is infamous for signing legislation into law using a thick, permanent black marker.
The most recent signing was a lighter moment for Trump, who is now under investigation for several things that may not preclude him from running for president but may hurt his chances of winning re-election.
Despite being charged with a crime twice—once by the Manhattan district attorney for his alleged involvement in a hush payment to a porn star and once by special counsel Jack Smith for his alleged handling of sensitive information—Trump has continued to campaign.
The former president could also face a third charge after his attorneys met with Smith’s prosecutors on Thursday to discuss a grand jury investigation into the Capitol incident on January 6 and Trump and his associates’ attempts to rig the 2020 election. Trump stated last week that he anticipates being detained and indicted once more.
Trump continues to be the favourite to win the Republican nomination in 2024. The Keystone State will host his first speech since he declared his candidature at his upcoming campaign rally on Saturday night in Erie, Pennsylvania.