Trump said "That guy's got a serious weight problem" to a guy who laughs and says "Everything is good. I love the guy. He is the best thing that ever happened to this country.”

The man, Frank Dawson, was ripping signs away from some Trump antagonists who were "were trying to cause a ruckus, and they jumped up and started yelling. I don’t care what they were yelling. It wasn’t going to happen beside me. I’m trying to listen to my president. I think he thought I was part of it, but I wasn’t. I was the good part of it" (quoted at The Daily Beast).

Wow, that guy is going to get a trip to the White House, don't you think?

I've got to give you the full Trump quote, because it's very funny (or offensive, if you roll that way): "That guy’s got a serious weight problem. Go home, start exercising. Get him out of here, please. Got a bigger problem than I do. Got a bigger problem than all of us. Now he goes home and his mom says, 'What the hell have you just done?'"

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