Seemingly never-ending applause for Donald Trump at an Environmental Protection Agency event on Thursday drew widespread mockery on social media.The president arrived to unveil the Ratepayer Protection Pledge on A.I. data centers as Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The U.S.A.” played over the sound system.After greeting everyone on stage, the president stood behind his seat while attendees applauded for more than 70 seconds. The clapping continued until the song ended, at which point Trump finally sat down.At the end of the event, Trump was again applauded for almost a full minute, without the music backing, as he left the stage.Critics on X said the lengthy ovations gave them North Korea vibes, mocking that they were the kind of scenes more commonly associated with dictators.cult shit at the White House as Trump's cronies give him a standing ovation for minutes on end. Note how nobody wants to be the first to stop clapping. pic.twitter.com/Llvh7PHXXC— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2026Look at him preening. Anyone with a semblance of humility would be embarrassed by this show of faux adulation. But not our orange king wannabe!— Abbe Logan (@AbbeRL) July 24, 2026That’s the way it is in China, Russia & North Korea.— ArgyleWilliams (@Decker8811) July 23, 2026Like trained seals……argh, argh, argh!!!!— Albert Duenas (@AlbertDuenas) July 24, 2026"Praise undeserved is satire in disguise."--Alexander Pope— The Futurist Devil 👹 (@FuturistDevil) July 24, 2026If you ever needed proof that Trump, a demented malignant narcissist and monstrous egomaniac, needs overwhelmingly bizarre fake admiration from his feckless errand boys, cultish yes men and a circus act of fearful apologists that will clap way beyond the usual time limit, this is…— Trump: Narcissistic conman doomed to fail (@SeditionistGop) July 24, 2026