Protestor throws tomatoes at Donald Trump mid-speech

Donald Trump’s famously orange complexion almost turned red this week after the Presidential candidate just barely missed getting hit in the face with two tomatoes thrown by a protestor during a campaign rally at the University of Iowa.

Video footage of the incident surfaced yesterday and is as absurd as you’d imagine. The first tomato, which becomes visible at about the three-second mark, lacks momentum and barely makes it to the stage. Not to be deterred, a second tomato comes whizzing by Trump’s head at about nine seconds in, just barely missing him by what seems like just a few inches.

Trump responded in typical fashion, first stating calmly, “Get him out!”. But ever the performer, Trump then proceeded to butter up the audience by putting on a performance akin to a WWE promo. “Ready?”, Trump asked the crowd, knowingly revving them up. “Are you ready?” he asked once again before responding with an emphatic, “GET HIM OUT OF HERE!!”

And naturally, the crowd cheered wildly in approval.

Trump is nothing if not a showman. I’m almost surprised that Trump didn’t pull out a Hulk Hogan move, cup his hands to his ears and say to the crowd, “I can’t hear you!”