AMES, IOWA — Videos of former President Donald Trump dropping by a fraternity house at Iowa State University (ISU) went viral over the weekend.
The 16-second clip shows Trump entering a room to the sound of enthusiastic cheers and applause from dozens of Alpha Gamma Rho frat bros.
Conservative pundit Benny Johnson's tweet sharing the video racked up more than 4.6 million views.
Trump stops by a frat house 🤣
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 9, 2023
pic.twitter.com/XZvv8m0fOm
Other videos that made the rounds on social media showed Trump greeting scores of other adoring Iowa State students outside the Alpha Gamma Rho house.
Huge crowd at the Alpha Gamma Ro Fraternity House for President @realDonaldTrump! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/gLeyZ1WpTd
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 9, 2023
HELLO ALPHA GAMMA RHO! pic.twitter.com/wBXhefWBe0
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 9, 2023
“This is some turnout. I guess the youth likes Trump,” Trump told Right Side Broadcasting Network.
Moments before addressing the crowd, a reporter for the conservative outlet asked a female student: “If you had to ask President Trump one question, what would it be?”
“If he would take a picture with me,” she responded. “That’s my only question. Hope he says yes.”
Trump also picked up footballs sitting on a beer pong table and threw them into the crowd.
With “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” playing at an Iowa State frat, Trump signs a football that was resting with others on a beer pong table & chucks it into the crowd. He doesn’t sign the others, but throws a tight spiral
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) September 9, 2023
Not your typical presidential campaign visit https://t.co/Cc3mYY0nni pic.twitter.com/evwexyJRfc
After leaving the fraternity house Trump took a motorcade to ISU’s Jack Trice Stadium, where he attended the Cyclones’ annual showdown with the school’s in-state rival University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
JUST NOW: President Trump steps into stadium for Iowa vs Iowa State football game pic.twitter.com/NNthlJ0I8q
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) September 9, 2023