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Donald Trump has been elected the “President of the World," at least according to a new satire video posing as a Japanese-like commercial for the presumptive Republican nominee, which features a Trump-obsessed Japanese girl who becomes very happy to learn that he became the president of the world.
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The satirical video, which was created by U.S. YouTube personality Mike Dahlquist, has been viewed more than two million times since it was uploaded to the site Wednesday. For the first few days viewers believed that the video was in fact Japanese before it was revealed as the work of satire artist.
The video shows the heroine in the video dancing and enjoying the world under Trump as the leader of the planet. Trump is seen making a variety of dance moves and gestures, including a Nazi salute, as a montage of swastikas loom behind him.
Then there is a massive robot featuring Trump’s head which starts to create a massive wall, in reference to the one the Republican frontrunner has promised to build between the U.S. and Mexico. Eventually the robot flies into space and unleashes a beam blast from his hands that destroys the Earth.
The Intercept published a story revealing that the video, contrary to the belief of many viewers, was in fact the creation of Dahlquist.
The article said “the first 24,000 comments on the video on Facebook and YouTube have come from people who took it to be genuine, despite the fact that it features a hopelessly love-struck young woman dreaming of a world in which Trump’s bust is atop every building, rainbows emanate from his mouth, and the candidate is able to transform into a mythical beast that is half dinosaur, half pony.”
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This misguided reaction prompted the artist to correct those who mistook it for real evidence of love for Trump in Japan. “A lot of people are confused, a lot of people think its real, and a lot of people are angry,” Dahlquist said in an interview with the Japan Times Saturday.
“The only surprising thing is how much both sides are digging this video,” he added. “I expected there to be a lot more angry Trump supporters and Trump haters.”
Trump has made some controversial comments about Japan, saying that if elected president he would withdraw U.S. military forces from Japan unless Tokyo starts to pay Washington for “protection." Trump has also said he would let Japan go nuclear for self-defense if the U.S. were to militarily withdraw from the country.
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