Published 08:49 IST, February 23rd 2020
'Look forward to...': Donald Trump retweets morphed 'Baahubali' video ahead of India visit
A meme page on Twitter shared a morphed video of the song 'Jiyo re Baahubali' with President Donald Trump's face imposed on the protagonist Baahubali's face
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Parody videos and memes with a lot of Bollywood tadka, are being used on social media for US President Donald Trump as he buckles up for his first visit to India tomorrow. To add to this frenzy, a meme page on Twitter shared a morphed video of the Baahubali 2 song 'Jiyo re Baahubali' with President Trump's face imposed on the protagonist Baahubali's (played by Prabhas) face to "celebrate Trump's visit to India". Trump is scheduled to arrive in India on a two-day visit on February 24.
The video shows 'Baahubali Trump' fighting enemies on the battlefield, riding a chariot with Melania (face swapped with Sivagami, played by Ramya Krishnan) and carrying his children (Trump Jr and Ivanka) on his shoulders. The video also features PM Narendra Modi's face imposed on a character. The video cuts out a 1.21-minute clip from the original song that lasts 3:47 minutes.
Here's the video:
To celebrate Trump's visit to India I wanted to make a video to show how in my warped mind it will go......
— Sol 🎬 (@Solmemes1) February 22, 2020
USA and India united! pic.twitter.com/uuPWNRZjk4
Trump retweets
The most interesting part of the story is that the video gets a retweet from none other than President Donald Trump himself. The leader, a devout Twitter user, shared the video while expressing his eagerness to be with his "great friends in India".
Look so forward to being with my great friends in INDIA! https://t.co/1jdk3AW6fG
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 22, 2020
Getting viral
The video, posted Sunday morning, has clocked nearly 12 lakh views on the platform with over 15,000 likes and 5,000 retweets. Add to this, President Trump's retweet and the count of likes crosses 56,000.
The page — @Solmemes1 — describes itself as an "Award Winning Master Memetician" and a "Professor of Memology at University of GFY". No wonder its meme-making skills just secured an endorsement from Donald Trump himself. The account's activity suggests its a pro-Trump page.
Original song:
Here are some of the reactions:
Trump goes full on #Bollywood 🤣
— 💥 Andrea Joy 💥 (@andreamoede) February 22, 2020
Masterfully done @Solmemes1 https://t.co/j6mU57lGzg
Awesome‼️Sol you always rise to the occasion. Thank You 👏👏👏 https://t.co/xaf6eNaU9N
— Kathleen #IstandwithPresTrump🇺🇸⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@myerskathleen1) February 22, 2020
Love it! now only for that Indian song translation...any takers? https://t.co/dYLlMqql6L
— FebruaryKel⭐️⭐️⭐️Text TRUMP to 88022🇺🇸 (@februarykel) February 22, 2020
@Solmemes1 is so freaking talented. I l💞 this so much! https://t.co/kNMKoCsDeg
— Pete's Tweets (@realpeteztweetz) February 22, 2020
Make America great again!
Earlier in January, the meme account had made a similar parody video of the same song with a Trump twist. That one featured the first half of the song 'Jiyo re Baahubali' with President Trump destroying the 'Ravan' Democratic Party. PM Modi's face had been used here too.
The hero will destroy the evil and we will make America great again! pic.twitter.com/lrXgp198ji
— Sol 🎬 (@Solmemes1) January 23, 2020
08:49 IST, February 23rd 2020