We introduced you to the Trump merch vendors working Inauguration Day, documented some of the crazy sh*t we saw in D.C., and tried to figure out why Sean Spicer was dropping "alternative facts" regarding the crowds in D.C. during Inauguration Day, but it looks like a new conspiracy has been taking off. This one, though, is the strangest, as it involves fake hands.
For some reason, the internet believes the bald security guy who was protecting President Trump (and was visibly concerned during this Inauguration performance) was rocking prosthetic hands during the walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. The theory is that it didn't appear that dude's hands were moving (he does spend a lot of time with his hands folded in front of him); those were said to be fake hands, with his real ones holding onto the trigger of a gun under his trench coat, because he's apparently a real one?
Can you spot the secret service agent with the fake hands holding the machine gun under his trench coat? #MAGA pic.twitter.com/PzL4V7rRJ6
This has snowballed, with all kinds of takes hitting the internet, because with the world seemingly going to hell in a hand basket, of course we're going to assume that dude went to elaborate lengths to strap up on Inauguration Day. Also, we gotta get those jokes off.
Trump's security used fake arms to raise no suspicion, under his jacket he carried an assault rifle with his real hands. pic.twitter.com/6mFQ9KkPXE
When I saw reports that Trump's bodyguard supposedly wore fake hands during the inauguration pic.twitter.com/AyfdxYCf1d
It looks like a number of people agreed on this, with the website Frag Hero coming to the conclusion that the bald bodyguard was rocking an FN-P90 under his jacket while he was wearing "tactical fake arms," but sites like Task and Purpose are calling alternative facts to the fake arms debate, primarily because dude does end up moving his arms and hands like one would normally do.
That last note comes from Adam Linehan, an ex-U.S. soldier. And plus, you can clearly see dude move his hands and arms. Ultimately, truthers gonna truth, and you can't front: for a while, it does look like dude has a pair of fake hands sticking out of his coat. Also, would this even be a shock to anyone who is already concerned over a president who's already planning on building a wall?
