A TikTok post of President Donald Trump's Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler went viral on Friday largely thanks to her bizarre behavior that some said seemed out of this world.
In the video, Loeffler is seen walking stiffly down a series of hallways, clutching an empty binder in one hand, as she answers canned questions from an offscreen voice.
"First of all, are you in the Cabinet?" asked the voice.
"Well, actually, I am," said Loeffler. "After I had an incredible conversation with the president by phone to become SBA administrator, he texted me and said, 'Actually, you're going to be in the Cabinet. That's a really big deal.' And it is because the SBA administrator isn't guaranteed a spot in the Cabinet. But because President Trump knows that small business is big business, this is a Cabinet spot now."
"What's your favorite thing about being Small Business Administrator?" asked the voice.
"Well, obviously being out with small businesses, whether I'm walking a factory floor with a small manufacturer, or in a small family-owned generational restaurant, I can see the impact the SBA is having through the work that our team does every day."
"Last question," said the voice. "How tall are you?"
"With or without heels?" said Loeffler. "Let's just say without heels I'm 5'11 and a half."
The stilted dialogue, combined with the bizarre, scripted visuals and Loeffler's awkward body movements, gave commenters on social media a field day.
"Just act natural. It's only a TikTok," Puck News correspondent Peter Hamby wrote.
"Good lord," wrote political strategist Mike Nellis.
"I feel about this the way I feel about someone running a music class for 3 year olds: You don't always realize how much something is a skill until you see someone do it extreeeeeemely badly," wrote Amanda Litman of Run For Something.
"Congratulations to Kelly Loeffler on her first day with limbs! You’ll get the hang of it!" wrote political YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen, who added, "She walks like the aliens in Mars Attacks."
"Is this the first time Kelly Loeffler has ever walked?" wrote author Camille MacKenzie. "Why the hell is she so awkward? And why is she doing zero for the small businesses being screwed over by her boss on tariffs? Oh wait, it’s because this admin hates small businesses."
"Did they edit this to elongate her neck?" wrote congressional staffer Aaron Fritschner. "I’ve watched this several times and it is bothering me more every time, her neck looks like it’s three times longer than it should be!"
