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Donald Trump Trans Weightlifter Impression or Trump Ahegao Face is a reaction image and exploitable used in a series of memes, including image macros and photoshops, based on a video of U.S. President Donald Trump doing an impression of a transgender weightlifter during a January 2026 speech at the Trump-Kennedy Center as part of a House GOP member retreat. A clip of the impression went viral on social media on January 6th, 2026, and inspired memes that day, some of which compare Trump's face while doing the impression to an ahegao face.

Origin

On January 6th, 2026, President Donald Trump spoke at the Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C as part of a House GOP member retreat.

At the 25-minute timestamp, Trump starts talking on the topic of transgender people competing in sports. He tells a story about meeting with a male football player and a woman flag football player, claiming the man could beat her in a race just by walking. Trump uses this example to express his concerns with transgender athletes competing against cisgender athletes.

President Trump then starts talking about weightlifting records, claiming that a record that stood for 18 years was broken by 112 pounds by a transgender weightlifter. Trump begins to do an impression of a transgender weightlifter. He explains how his wife hates when he does the impression, calling it "un-presidential." He proceeds to do the impression anyway, at one point sticking his tongue out and crossing his eyes in a move that's been compared to an ahegao face.

The speech was made available on the Fox News YouTube^[1] channel, gaining over 120,000 views in a day.

Spread

The clip of President Donald Trump's transgender weightlifter impression started spreading on social media on January 6th, 2026, inspiring reactions and memes.

For example, on that day, X^[2] user @Riley_Gaines_ shared the clip, writing, "No, I don't regret my vote. This is perfect," garnering over 45,000 likes in a day.

Later that day, X^[3] user @AutismCapital posted a screenshot of Trump doing the impression and sticking out his tongue, writing, "A new meme template was born 💀," garnering over 1,000 likes in a day.

Later on January 6th, 2026, X^[4] user @mrpxssy posted a screenshot of the impression, writing, "when the fajitas come out sizzlin," a reference to the meme of the same name, garnering over 12,000 likes in a day.

That same day, X^[5] user @AutismCapital quoted their own post with an edit of Trump doing the ahegao face in a maid costume, writing, "The Internet is something else 💀💀💀," gaining over 7,000 likes in a day.

On January 7th, 2026, X^[6] user @kyliebytes posted a clip of Trump doing the impression, writing, "you’re laughing. the united states president hit a flawless ahegao on live television and you’re laughing," garnering over 37,000 likes and 2,400 reposts in under a day. The post references the Murray's 'You're Laughing' meme.

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