PSA: There are exactly three people worth watching in the refreshingly cringeworthy video of Donald Trump's theme song that's been making the rounds this afternoon.
Ignore the horror show up front. The USA Freedom Kids are cheap hucksters. The real money's in the audience.
•First, the stoic gentlemean in the Trump shirt directly behind the podium. Sure, he's a sucker for the "deal from strength or get crushed every time" line. Who isn't? It's the money line of the song. But note the otherwise-raised right eyebrow. He's trying to act like he understands this—he knows he's behind the podium, and that someone's certainly taping. He can even lie to himself enough to clap, briefly, as the Freedom Kids do some bullshit centerstage at the 1:45 mark. But he hates it, and that honesty issues forth with the reliability of a racist jab from his favorite candidate. Hatred. Honesty. Patriot.
•Next, the woman two rows up and one seat to the left (from our standpoint). The white-haired one. This woman is deeply, deeply worried for the most part. There's a soupçon of recognition this song might be important when the Kids say "Come on boys, take em down!" Otherwise a knitted brow, weighed down with confusion and concern for the very real challenges a President Donald Trump must face. Who cares about a song and dance number when Iran has our sailors? Yet she claps! She claps and she nods. Patriot.
•Most important: That bescarfed, svelte lady with glasses to the last woman's right (from our standpoint). Across the chasm of an empty chair. Red shirt. See her? No one is more into this than her. No one is clapping harder. No one else is even really smiling. Look at this woman! Look at how she reacts to the word "Ameritude"! She's not even remotely withholding judgment, either. Witness the almost obscene grin the second that bass line drops. She's trying to conceal it with a hand at first, but when the Freedom Kids show her the money (which, again: "Deal from strength or get crushed every time") she abandons all pretense. Patriot.
