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  that's the role the president briefly assumed thursday when he climbed into the drivers seat of a mack 18-wheeler parked on the south lawn of the white house.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  trump, who wore an "i love trucks" button on his lapel, tried his best to emulate a truck driver: he enthusiastically pumped his fists, made a series of facial expressions that lit up the twittersphere, and excitedly tooted the big rig's horn at least six times.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  and trump clearly didn't run out of gas: following his spirited session of trucker role play, he met with truckers and ceos from the american trucking association to discuss healthcare.
article_headline: president trump climbs into an 18-wheeler and pretends to be a trucker