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Defeated Donald Trump Walking refers to a viral video of Donald Trump stepping off Marine One with his tie undone and MAGA hat in hand looking tired following his June 2020 Tulsa Rally. The video and stills of the moment, which circulated Twitter the day after the rally, acquired sad music edits to mock the low turn out at his rally.

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On June 21st, 2020, CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller tweeted an image of Trump stepping out from an airplane with the caption, "Just after 1AM, his tie undone, Pres Trump steps off Marine One back at the WH from his rally in Tulsa. By my count, it was his 500th flight aboard Marine One as president" (shown below). The tweet gained over 9,300 likes and 3,500 retweets in a day.

That same morning The Hill tweeted a video of the moment saying, "MOMENTS AGO: President Trump arrives at the White House from Joint Base Andrews. He is holding a 'Make America Great Again' hat" (shown below). The post received over 7.6 million views, 11,800 likes and 9,000 retweets in a day.

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On June 21st, 2020, Twitter user @edgarwright retweeted the video saying, "Can someone please overdub with the sad end title music from 'The Incredible Hulk'. It never fails" to which Twitter user @Bogswallop responded with their completed request which acquired over 146,000 views, 4,700 likes and 1,400 retweets in a day (shown below). The video garnered more sad music edits, as outlined by The Daily Dot^[2]

The next day, the Twitter account for The View tweet a clip of the show in which Meghan McCain says, “The image of President Trump in front of a one-third full arena and then getting off his plane with his tie undone holding a MAGA hat looking depressed is going to be an image… that is going to stick with the American public" (shown below). The video accumulated over 36,800 views, 1,700 likes and 340 retweets in a day.

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