Former President Donald Trump recently spent a chunk of his Monday courting the controversial YouTuber Adin Ross at Mar-a-Lago, at one point busting out his signature hand-pumping dance move during a live stream.
Cameras followed Trump and Ross, 23, around the former president’s Florida estate. Trump declared to the viewers that he was going to “keep TikTok going” and smiled as he was gifted a pricey Rolex and a Tesla Cybertruck with a full MAGA vinyl wrap.
Over 380K people were watching Adin Ross LIVE with President Trump.🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/5xMHPyEDrE
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) August 5, 2024
It has been noted that the dizzying afternoon also saw Ross introduce some of his gaming friends to Trump. Those included the Canadian streamer xQc, who wore a T-shirt featuring Trump smiling with grills on his teeth.
Trump’s campaign has leaned into courting Gen Z conservatives in recent months. It included J.D. Vance making an appearance on a podcast with the Nelk Boys—a group of Canadian streamers who’ve become popular among American frats—last week.
In that appearance Vance infamously admitted that he told his son to “shut the hell up for 30 seconds about Pikachu” as he learned he’d been picked as Trump’s vice presidential running mate.
Trump himself has also recently appeared on a stream with professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau, 30, and went on a stream with YouTuber Logan Paul, 29, to talk about combat sports.
Ross is among the most prominent Gen Z conservatives. He boasts 2.5 million followers on X, just under a million on YouTube, and 1.34 million on Kick, where Monday’s visit to Mar-a-Lago was streamed.
