Marvel Director James Gunn Offers $100K for Trump to Step on an ‘Accurate Scale’
The ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director has a challenge for President Trump.
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While the condition of President Trump’s mental health is still up for debate, his weight has become the center of social media attention. Physician to the President Ronny Jackson released the results of Trump's physical exam on Tuesday, claiming Trump is in “excellent health,” but revealing he could stand to lose a few pounds.
With a height of 6 feet 3 inches and a weight of 239 pounds—virtually none of it muscle—Trump’s BMI of 29.5 puts him in the category of being overweight, dangerously close to being considered obese.
President Trump’s physical results became the butt of a joke when Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn fired out tweets that implied the president’s results were a lie. In the tweet, Gunn offered to donate $100,000 to Trump’s favorite charity if he were to step on “an accurate scale” and had the results announced by “an impartial medical professional.”
I will give 100 thousand dollars to Trump's favorite charity if he will step on an accurate scale with an impartial medical professional, okayed by both of us. For real. #Girther #GirtherMovement
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 17, 2018
Gunn received backlash from Trump supporters who claim he is “fat-shaming” the president. Gunn responded in another tweet explaining that he was mainly referring to Trump’s pattern of exaggeration rather than his actual weight.
Yes, I offered 100k for Trump to step on a legitimate scale. Now the Trumpites are out in droves claiming I'm fat-shaming (again, it's about a pattern of lying, not about weight). I wish you guys were there while Trump was calling Rosie a "fat pig" or Alicia Machado "Miss Piggy."
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 17, 2018
But that's the point of my tweet. The biggest issue we are facing is a dictator wannabe who is trying to destroy the press. When facts don't matter, we can't even begin to have real conversations & debates about policy with a figure like that leading our country. https://t.co/Mng2wvxL6q
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 17, 2018
This is not the first time Gunn has tweeted about Trump’s behavior as president. Earlier this week on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Gunn wrote several tweets that accused Trump of being racist based on remarks he made during his campaign and speeches. Gunn ended his Twitter rant wishing everyone a “happy Martin Luther King Day no matter your color, religion, or sexual identity.”
Dear Trump: The “least racist person“ wouldn’t say he’d “love to be a well-educated black” because they have an advantage, or say a judge couldn’t hear a case because of his heritage, or impose a “Muslim ban,” or call some Nazis “very fine people.”
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 16, 2018
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2 He wouldn’t claim our African-American President wasn’t truly American. He wouldn’t have campaigned for racist Roy Moore or pardoned racist Joe Arpaio. He would never use “Pocahontas” as a putdown.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 16, 2018
3 He wouldn’t have said, “look at my African American over here,” and he wouldn’t have tweeted a video of a boy on crutches beaten up by a dark-skinned boy that claimed, incorrectly, the dark-skinned boy was a Muslim.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 16, 2018
4 Not only do you not qualify as the “least racist person” ever, you barely qualify as “person”. To the rest of you, happy Martin Luther King Day, no matter your color, religion, or sexual identity.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 16, 2018
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