Trump says he would rather get electrocuted by a sinking boat than eaten by a shark in bizarre rant at his rally

Former President Donald Trump again proclaimed that helium would instrumentality electrocution implicit being eaten by a shark during a bizarre rant Sunday astatine his Las Vegas rally. 

Trump famously detests some sharks and electrical vehicles - including boats. 

The Republican said helium plans to rotation backmost President Joe Biden's electrical conveyance mandates should helium beryllium reelected successful the November election.

As his assemblage battled astir 100-degree temperatures to perceive him speak, Trump discussed what would hap if a battery-powered vessel started to sink, hindered by the dense and 'tremendously almighty battery.' 

'And the artillery is present underwater and there's a shark astir 10 yards implicit there,' Trump said. 'By the way, a batch of shark attacks lately - you announcement that?' 

Before concluding the sinking vessel story, Trump concisely talked astir shark attacks. 

'I watched immoderate guys justifying it today: "Well they weren't truly that angry, they spot disconnected the young lady's limb due to the fact that of the information that they were not bare but they misunderstood who she was,"' the presumptive Republican nominee said. 

'These radical are craz[y.] He said there's nary occupation with sharks they conscionable didn't truly recognize a young pistillate swimming,' the ex-president continued. 

He past turned backmost to the question astatine manus - electrocution oregon being eaten. 

'So there's a shark 10 yards distant from the boat, 10 yards ... bash I get electrocuted if the vessel is sinking? Water goes implicit the battery, the vessel is sinking. Do I enactment connected apical of the vessel and get electrocuted?' Trump asked. 'Or bash I leap implicit by the shark and not get electrocuted?'

In October Trump laid retired the aforesaid scenario to a radical of Iowans. 

He came to the aforesaid decision some times. 

'I'll instrumentality electrocution each azygous time. I'm not getting adjacent the shark,' the ex-president said. 

Trump's rant got the attraction of best-selling fearfulness writer, Stephen King. 

'This is similar listening to your senile uncle astatine the meal array aft helium has that 3rd drink,' King posted to X Sunday, sharing the video. 

George Conway, the ex-spouse of Trump's 2016 run manager and White House adjutant Kellyanne Conway, commented: 'This man's encephalon should beryllium donated to science.'

'[B]ut lone if we substantially summation biohazard containment capabilities,' the lawyer and tv pundit added. 

Trump's dislike of sharks is good documented and goes backmost years. 

In a 2011 interrogation for In Touch Magazine, which wasn't published until January 2018, porn prima Stormy Daniels recalled watching Shark Week programming with Trump astatine his backstage bungalow astatine the Beverly Hills Hotel successful July 2006.

'He is obsessed with sharks. Terrified of sharks. He was like, "I donate to each these charities and I would ne'er donate to immoderate foundation that helps sharks. I anticipation each the sharks die." He was similar riveted. He was similar obsessed. It's truthful strange, I know,' Daniels recalled. 

In a bid of 2013 tweets, Trump publically discussed his disdain for the oversea creatures.

'Sorry folks, I'm conscionable not a instrumentality of sharks - and don't worry, they volition beryllium astir agelong aft we are gone,' helium wrote successful 1 tweet. 

'Sharks are past connected my database - different than possibly the losers and haters of the World!' the then-reality prima and existent property developer added.