Twitter Is Losing It As Donald Trump’s ‘Awkward’ Kiss With A Woman Who Is Not Melania Trump Goes Viral

Another source said that Lake was spending time at the club as part of "working the deal" to become Trump's Vice President: "She wants something bigger, fast, to compensate for her loss in [the Arizona governor's race]." Lake had become close with Trump after siding with him in his claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by the Biden campaign, claims that she reiterated in her own failed gubernatorial race. Her own lawsuit challenging the voting results in the election was thrown out by an Arizona judge in May of this year.

Melania Trump Apparently Annoyed By Kari Lake Headlines; VP Hopeful Reportedly 'Ticks Off' Former First Lady

The kiss clip is notable in the fact that it shows Donald Trump warmly embracing a woman who is not his wife, Melania—who has barely been seen on the campaign trail at all since the former president announced his candidacy late last year. In referencing the People article discussing how Lake "practically [lived] at Mar-a-Lago" to get closer to Trump, reporter Zach Petrizzo said on the Daily Beast's The New Abnormal podcast that the story really "ticks off" the elusive Mrs. Trump. "Those type of headlines—Trump, of course, has printed out story after story, he runs through a stack of papers or whatever have you—typically many of these type of stories will go to the waste bin, but stories about Melania Trump, I mean, really get kind of scrutinized because he has to see her," the journalist explained. The former first lady and her team are apparently "very cognizant of headlines" and the People story "didn't really sit well" with her. Unfortunately, this new video clip has only ignited discussion about the Trump-Lake relationship on social media, especially Twitter.

In comments under the original video clip, Twitter users speculated about the politician's relationship with the former prez: "how much you want to bet...you know what I mean. If he hasn't, it's coming, but I think he did. Melania hasn't been seen since tfg said she wanted nothing to do with him," said one commenter. Another wrote, "4th time is a charm," in a joking reference to Trump's current wife Melania being his 3rd, and suggesting Lake might become his 4th. One tweet simply theorized, "Is he going to make this loser his VP?"

Neither Donald nor Melania Trump, nor Kari Lake herself, have publicly commented on the "kiss clip" or the renewed VP speculation.