‘Why CNN had to cut the live feed’ is a fabulously funny watch and the perfect way to remember Donald Trump

John Plunkett. Updated November 6th, 2020

As you might have read elsewhere, all the major networks in the US cut away from a Donald Trump news conference because he was just basically making stuff up.

So viewers didn’t get a chance to hear in full what Trump had to say. Fortunately over on Twitter @etienneshrdlu and @shrimpJAJ shared the tape. And it’s a fabulously funny watch.

This is why CNN had to cut the live feed

(audio by @shrimpJAJ) pic.twitter.com/W2dTDPizhR

— James Kelleher (@etienneshrdlu) November 6, 2020

This is definitely how we want to remember him.

Oh this is masterful! https://t.co/ZxjttinsmX

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 6, 2020

Still better than the actual speech

— Conchur Finnegan (@ConchurC3) November 6, 2020

cry laughing at this https://t.co/qeDCtqUJCq

— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) November 6, 2020

It says a lot that I was about 1 minute in when I realised it wasn’t real

— Helen Brooks (@Hells_Bells_23) November 6, 2020

Ladies and gentlemen, the most impactful deepfake of the 2020 campaign cycle https://t.co/leApAvG0kU

— Russell Brandom (@russellbrandom) November 6, 2020

The last two days of agony have suddenly become worth it. This is amazing.

— Binyizdabbalah (@FunkadelicHorse) November 6, 2020

And here’s where the original audio is from.

For anyone asking “is this real?”, it’s a deepfake lip-sync using a machine learning model called Wav2Lip – the original video is here, and is a joy to watch: https://t.co/NhRffnYurK

— James Kelleher (@etienneshrdlu) November 6, 2020

We liked this too, Trump’s speech in full but with all the whining and the lying cut out.

I cut out the whining and lying pic.twitter.com/cz8KqWoTW7

— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) November 6, 2020

Source Twitter @etienneshrdlu