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Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, US News
Britt Jones
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, US News
Donald Trump is a superstitious man, and while this might come as a shock to you, there have been quite a few signs.
The POTUS has been busy since his inauguration in January, and although cameras have been on him every step of the way, he’s virtually been able to keep the true extent of his superstitious nature a secret.
Until now.
When you look at individual clips, you might think nothing of it, but once you put them all together, it paints a very clear picture: the US president sure has his quirks and little rituals like many other people.
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Let’s take a look at them all.
Now, a lot of people will do this one action if they happen to spill salt, but you probably wouldn’t believe that Trump does it too, unless you see it with your own eyes.
Well, good thing we’ve seen it, then.
When Trump visited a Pennsylvania McDonald’s fast food restaurant ahead of the November 5 election results to dish up some fries, he went on to tell his ‘supervisor’ that he had spilled salt, before throwing a pinch of salt over his left shoulder twice.
He said: "I love salt - wait a minute, I spilled some."
He went on to say that he’s a ‘very superstitious’ person, and that now the salt has been thrown, 'he's OK'.
Spilling salt has often been linked to bad luck, which can be counteracted by throwing salt over the left shoulder to ward off the devil.
Not only is he likely to watch out for spilled salt, he also is a stickler for the 1st of April, and April Fools day.
He's so superstitious about it, that he once pushed back a deadline to his ‘Liberation Day’ reciprocal tariff announcement to 2 April, as he was worried that hosting it on 1 April would coincide with April Fools Day and he would be accused of making a joke.
He said at the White House: "I would have done them on April 1st - believe it or not. I'm a little superstitious."
According to Corey R. Lewandowski and David N. Bossie, who both worked with the President, he is the most superstitious person, as he allegedly would often throw salt over his shoulder, avoid people he considered to have bad luck and called into Fox and Friends every Monday as it was a 'winning routine'.
But more than that, he would refuse to let his staff prepare for a win ahead of time, as he didn't want to jinx it.
In their book, Let Trump Be Trump, they wrote: "We were never allowed to celebrate before a win was certain, and we always had to take our losses with grace.
"Anything else and you'd invite in some bad juju. It's the reason come election night we didn't have a victory speech - or a concession speech - written ahead of time."
In 2019 during his presidential race against former president Joe Biden, Trump decided to end his campaign the same way he did in 2016 - in Michigan's Grand Rapids as he was supposititious of it changing the outcome of the event.
During his 2020 rally, he shared with the crowd that they know he finishes up in Grand Rapids, as they 'finished up there four years ago'.
He said that he's a 'little bit superstitious', so they'll be ending the campaign in the same way.
Then, when he finally got to Grand Rapids, he confirmed his superstition to the crowd, telling them that he's been telling everyone he'd finish at that location because of his feelings about repeating the campaign as he did four years prior.
In 2024, again, the president finished up in the same place, and gave them a 'special' mention, referencing his 2016 win, telling them: "We were given a 3 percent chance. You remember we came to Grand Rapids, I said, 'how the hell are we going to lose?' It was just like this."
One thing that you might have noticed quite a bit, is how Trump acts before getting on any flight - touching the outside of the plane before boarding.
It's odd, but it could always be something he does to ensure that he has a safe flight in the air.
Sometimes, people will walk out of the way of ladders, salute magpies and avoid black cats in a bid to ensure their safety.
So, it's not that crazy when you think about it.