Donald Trump’s ‘they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats’ speech is now a trippy viral song

Scott has taken the “They are eating the dogs, they are eating the cats” bit of this Trump speech, and turned it into a peppy number. He posted a video of him performing the song on X, and it has gone viral with over 5.4 million views.

Watch the video here:

The Kiffness x Donald Trump – Eating the Cats 😿🐶 Stream / Buy: https://t.co/r9KxcnOn4n pic.twitter.com/bZpytKBEdO

— The Kiffness (@TheKiffness) September 13, 2024

An X user @Ashley_USA increased the speed of Scott’s new mix to 1.5x and posted that video saying, “1.5x speed=moody banger”.

Watch the 1.5x version here:

1.5x speed = moody banger pic.twitter.com/gUiOiN91Wu

— Ashley (@Ashley__USA) September 13, 2024

Another X user @notlorayung posted a different mix of the same Trump speech saying, “This one is much better.”

This one is much better pic.twitter.com/9FZgf8VaH3

— Not Lora (@notlorayung) September 13, 2024

Responding to the post by The Kiffness, one X user commented, “People on all sides are going to watch this and love it for completely different reasons Whether it was on purpose or by accident, Trump created the most viral news story of the week.”

Another user said, “Kiffness is a musical Buddha.”

Many X users also posted AI-generated images of cats and dogs. For instance –

Classic pic.twitter.com/JzqztBt08X

— Rich Stanbaugh (@stanbaugh) September 13, 2024

I’ve been waiting for you!!! 😂👏🏾#CatsForTrump 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9FjMrO9hal

— Sadie Supa Doge (@SadieSupaDoge) September 13, 2024

What is the Trump speech all about?

In a video shot during a city commission meeting in Ohio’s Springfield on August 27, a local spoke of immigrants “grabbing ducks from the park” and “eating them”. There were a couple of other isolated claims of similar incidents.

Some Republicans used these claims to build an unsubstantiated narrative that the growing numbers of Haitian immigrants in Springfield — estimated to have reached about 20,000 in recent years — were eating people’s pets. 

J D Vance, Trump’s running mate, in an X post, claimed that “in the last several weeks”, his “office has received many inquiries from actual residents of Springfield who’ve said their neighbuors’ pets or local wildlife were abducted by Haitian migrants”.

In the same tweet, Vance wrote that while this could turn out to be false, it was “confirmed” that an illegal Haitian migrant had murdered a child, that the wave of immigrants had “overwhelmed” local health services, that communicable diseases like TB and HIV were “on the rise”, and that local schools have “struggled to keep up with newcomers who don’t know English”.

In the last several weeks, my office has received many inquiries from actual residents of Springfield who’ve said their neighbors’ pets or local wildlife were abducted by Haitian migrants. It’s possible, of course, that all of these rumors will turn out to be false.

Do you know…

— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 10, 2024

On September 10, Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr posted a picture of his father holding an assault rifle and riding a large cat, saying, “Save our pets!!!!!”

Save our pets!!!!! pic.twitter.com/lWkOnkxscv

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 10, 2024

The narrative about violent and depraved illegal migrants feeds into Trump’s and Vance’s signature opposition to immigration across the southern border of the US.