On Armed Forces Day, Donald Trump shares manipulated video of him making movie speech

US President Donald Trump shared a fan-made video that inserts him into the film Independence Day . The minute-and-a-half video, which has been viewed more than 2.4 million times, replaces the face of the fictional Thomas J. Whitmore, played by Bill Pullman, with Mr Trump's. He tweeted the video to his 80 million followers on Saturday evening. The president uses Twitter most days, sometimes attacking opponents and sometimes pushing policies. Saturday was Armed Forces Day in the US, when military personnel are honoured for their service. In the film, Whitmore inspires a band of international fighters to rally against an extraterrestrial enemy. In the tweet, Mr Trump delivers the speech to a digitally manipulated audience of lawmakers and right-wing influencers. The senator Ted Cruz is portrayed choking back a tear, while Fox News personalities, including Sean Hannity, listen to the speech. The mash-up was created for the Mad "Obamagate" Liberals Twitter account, which describes itself as "a 'video manipulator' making memes for our President, Donald J Trump". You can read the original movie speech here.

On Armed Forces Day, Donald Trump shares manipulated video of him making movie speech

Twitter video inserts him into the 1996 film 'Independence Day'