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People lose it at footage of JD Vance accidentally splitting National Championship football trophy in half in front of Trump

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Published 11:23 15 Apr 2025 GMT+1

People lose it at footage of JD Vance accidentally splitting National Championship football trophy in half in front of Trump

The Vice President later took to Twitter to address his 'fumble'...

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Vice President JD Vance 'fumbled' the handling of the National Championship Football trophy and social media users are weighing in on the 'best part'.

Yesterday (March 14), when Ohio State University visited the White House, Vice President JD Vance ended up 'fumbling' the National Championship Football trophy, causing it to split into two.

And videos of Vance from the event have been shared on Twitter, one clip showing Vance picking up the trophy with two hands, before it swiftly falls into two moments after being lifted into the air. The bottom descends to the floor but the top half is luckily caught by someone standing next to him.

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Vance grabs the bottom half and it's haphazardly reassembled, onlookers a mixture of mouths gaping open and laughing - Donald Trump a few feet away not having the foggiest idea, still smiling and posing for photographs clutching a helmet.

And it's not taken long for people to weigh in.

What social media users are saying

White House reporter Philip Melanchthon Wegmann shared one clip, noting further along in the thread: "The trophy was made in America by UAP Polich Tallix in New York.

"The award is two separate pieces--the trophy and the base with the idea being that the trophy is what's held aloft, not the base."

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Another Twitter user echoed: "The top part of the trophy was pulled out, which unbalanced the trophy base in Vance's hands, and it fell.

"The proper way is for the trophy to be handed to them, not require them to pick it up."

However, others couldn't resist the opportunity to rinse the Vice President.

A user wrote: "The best part is watching them all laugh at him! "

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"Could be worse like our democracy, our economy and our future falling apart..,oh wait…", another added.

A third commented: "That trophy is a metaphor for the US economy."

And Vance has even since addressed the incident.

It took a second for Trump to clock (Fox News)
It took a second for Trump to clock (Fox News)

What Vance has said

Taking to Twitter yesterday (April 14), Vance responded Wegmann's video of him with the trophy - or should I say two parts of the trophy.

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His caption reads: "I didn’t want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it."

A user responded: "Nice try, Boss Baby. If you knew anything about CFP you would have known the base is detachable."

"You think that's funny?", another wrote.

And a final resolved: "Just say you fumbled and did something wrong, but that's light-years away from happening."

Featured Image Credit: Fox News/YouTube

Topics: Donald Trump, Football, Politics, Sport, US News, Social Media

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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