--- title: Trump Congress Address Speech Practice in Limo Memes, VIDEO description: After footage of Trump practicing his speech began circulating, the Internet took it upon itself to turn the moment into hilarious memes. canonical: https://time.com/4687095/trump-congress-video-memes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-01T17:41:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:31.789Z og:title: The Internet's Funniest Memes of Trump's Speech Practice og:description: "Ow now brown cow ow now brown cow ow now brown..." og:url: https://time.com/4687095/trump-congress-video-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42adbd6f38a5816/6988bc8397cdff4d326afa9d/trump-address-to-congress.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: USA-TRUMP-PRESIDENTIAL-ADDRESS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet's Funniest Memes of Trump's Speech Practice twitter:description: "Ow now brown cow ow now brown cow ow now brown..." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42adbd6f38a5816/6988bc8397cdff4d326afa9d/trump-address-to-congress.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Turning This Video of Donald Trump Practicing His Congress Speech Into Hilarious Memes > Sponsored content. 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Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) listen as US President Donald J. Trump (C) delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February 2017. JIM LO SCALZO/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 1, 2017 5:41 PM UTC After footage of [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4686828/donald-trump-congress-address-reading-level/) practicing his [first speech](http://time.com/4686999/stephen-colbert-trump-congress-address/) to [Congress](http://time.com/4686771/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-widows-death/) began circulating Tuesday night, the Internet took it upon itself to turn the moment into some hilarious memes. The video of Trump — which was captured as he left the White House for the Capitol — showed him mouthing the words to his address in the back of the presidential limo, prompting Twitter users to make their own guesses as to what POTUS was saying. While some captioned the shot with song lyrics and movie quotes, others poked fun at his seemingly last-minute preparations. “When you cramming for the test,” one user joked. > [](https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/836753403833368576) See a selection of the best below. > [](https://twitter.com/mileskahn/status/836753855660584961) > [](https://twitter.com/kaystyling/status/836759903712776192) > [](https://twitter.com/braddybb/status/836754249920884737) > [](https://twitter.com/futurecanon/status/836755445750579200) > [](https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/836752459540365313) > [](https://twitter.com/TheBestOfGifs1/status/836788147832827905) > [](https://twitter.com/thugkitchen/status/836761064071036928) > [](https://twitter.com/RVoronaCote/status/836755785568911361) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/836757166539288577) > [](https://twitter.com/Poddling/status/836789954315436032) > [](https://twitter.com/bye%5Fwig/status/836779704287907840) > [](https://twitter.com/ziwe/status/836752221886943232) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4687095/trump-congress-video-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4687095/trump-congress-video-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Turning This Video of Donald Trump Practicing His Congress Speech Into Hilarious Memes","datePublished":"2017-03-01T17:41:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:31.789Z","description":"\"Ow now brown cow ow now brown cow ow now brown...\"","url":"https://time.com/4687095/trump-congress-video-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Internet","viral","Donald Trump","memes","President Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42adbd6f38a5816/6988bc8397cdff4d326afa9d/trump-address-to-congress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42adbd6f38a5816/6988bc8397cdff4d326afa9d/trump-address-to-congress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"USA-TRUMP-PRESIDENTIAL-ADDRESS","caption":"Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) listen as US President Donald J. 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