During a campaign rally in Freeland, Michigan, Thursday, President Donald Trump tried to reference the record label Motown, which is a well-known symbol of the Wolverine state. But he seemed to mix up Motown and the Ford Mustang, which resulted in him butchering the word and instead saying “Motang.”
“Michigan gave us Motang” pic.twitter.com/HKt5BZkbBe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 11, 2020
That was all it took to start the hashtag #Motang trending on Twitter. It also ignited a wave of mockery:
Detroit is famous for That Motang Sound https://t.co/OckRD9Q9x5
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) September 11, 2020
Motang Sally🎶
Guess you better slow that Motang down 🎵 https://t.co/50bUTGF71V— Lockdown Forsyth (@LachlanForsyth) September 11, 2020
Motang…not 2 be confused w Wu-Tang. Motang special Tang made for my state of MO. https://t.co/1N4BXgzevj
— Kathleen Madigan (@kathleenmadigan) September 11, 2020
Motang…not 2 be confused w Wu-Tang. Motang special Tang made for my state of MO. https://t.co/1N4BXgzevj
— Kathleen Madigan (@kathleenmadigan) September 11, 2020
“Person, man, teleprompter, Motown, Mustang…Covfefe”
— Willem_Wikkelspies (@spongebath63) September 11, 2020
Indiana gave us Pootie Tang… https://t.co/nGLTuroBEt
— Lance Gould (@lancegould) September 11, 2020
If four years of this orange bastard have taught us anything, it’s mo’ Tang, mo’ problems. https://t.co/0bJ0gVa3XJ
— Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher (@tommyxtopher) September 11, 2020
“Michigan gave us Motang.”
That’s Motown + Mustang scrambled in Trump’s brain.
Dude is so not well. pic.twitter.com/ac5zLRpxfQ— ken olin (@kenolin1) September 11, 2020
Of course, this isn’t the first time Trump has completely mangled the English language. Consider:
- The infamous “covfefe” tweet, which remains enigmatic
- He repeatedly refers to China as “Ji-na”
- Calling Yosemite “YO-se-MIGHT”
- He referred to the “oranges” of the Russia investigation, apparently unable to pronounce the word “origins”
There are also the endless misspelled words in Trump’s tweets, some of which are so off-base that they make you wonder if he’s even the least bit familiar with the English language.
Remember when this president called himself a “stable genius”? If he’s so stable, why can’t he speak properly?
