Donald Trump doppelganger: Internet frenzy over 'perfect lookalike' filmed shopping in US convenience store

An uncanny lookalike of president Trump is taking the internet by storm
REUTERS
Nick Charity10 October 2018

At first glance this appears to be one of the world's most powerful men shopping at a US convenience store in a flannel shirt and baseball cap.

But on closer inspection, the man - whose image has sent the internet into a frenzy - is not Donald Trump, merely an as-yet unidentified supermarket shopper.

Thousands of people have shared the clip of the mystery man who bears a striking resemblance to the US president.

His face is partly covered by his cap but the golden hair protruding underneath bears a striking resemblance to that of president Trump.

The clip of the hunched shopper scanning products in a store has been viewed over 500,000 times as it sweeps across social media, with many saying he looks like a perfect Doppelganger for Mr Trump.

The man has Mr Trump's iconic light-coloured hair, and is aptly wearing a US Navy hat.

It was posted by a man with the Twitter handle Polish Patriot, who claims to be a "Commies-and-Libtards Free Zone, with the hashtag "MAGA", or "Make America Great Again" in his bio description.

One tweeter said it was effectively Trump, but with a beer belly. Another said he looked more like an "identical twin from a parallel universe",

"He must really be taking middle America to the extremes!" said Jill Reams on Twitter.

Other people said they were convinced the man was in fact the real Commander-in-Chief.

This isn't the first Doppelganger of Mr Trump to be found. Images of a Spanish potato farmer emerged on social media in April, claiming to be a good contender for the president's twin sister.

The clip originally emerged on the pro-Trump Reddit page, The Donald, apparently tracked down to a Valero gas station in Texas.

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