--- title: Rand Paul's 'Yuge' April 1 Endorsement Is a Prank description: Rand Paul pranked the political world by pretending he was going to endorse Donald Trump on April 1. canonical: https://time.com/4278287/rand-paul-donald-trump-endorsement/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-31T19:10:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T15:11:26.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rand Paul's 'Yuge' April 1 Endorsement Is a Prank og:description: An April Fool's Day prank og:url: https://time.com/4278287/rand-paul-donald-trump-endorsement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eecdf18f624873/69888d3fcd1bba12367000e3/gettyimages-507918390.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rand Paul Holds Caucus Day Rally In Des Moines og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rand Paul's 'Yuge' April 1 Endorsement Is a Prank twitter:description: An April Fool's Day prank twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eecdf18f624873/69888d3fcd1bba12367000e3/gettyimages-507918390.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rand Paul's 'Yuge' April 1 Endorsement Is a Prank  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:11 PM UTCPublished: Mar 31, 2016 7:10 PM UTC  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul speaks during a caucus day rally on Feb. 1, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul speaks during a caucus day rally on Feb. 1, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa.Pete Marovich—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:11 PM UTCPublished: Mar 31, 2016 7:10 PM UTC **Correction appended, April 1** Rand Paul [trolled](http://time.com/3711939/rand-paul-trolling-twitter/) the political world by teasing a prank Donald Trump endorsement for April Fools’ Day. The Kentucky Senator and former presidential candidate tweeted Thursday that he would be making an endorsement Friday. And in follow-up tweets, he hinted at who that would be, typing out phrases that sound distinctly Trumpian: > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/715605379082637313) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/715611062452748288) But Paul confirmed Friday that it was all an April Fool’s Prank, saying that endorsing Trump would be like “endorsing entropy”: > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/715872482306224128) **Correction:** A photo caption in an earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to Rand Paul. He is a Senator from Kentucky. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4278287/rand-paul-donald-trump-endorsement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4278287/rand-paul-donald-trump-endorsement/"},"headline":"Rand Paul's 'Yuge' April 1 Endorsement Is a Prank","datePublished":"2016-03-31T19:10:46.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T15:11:26.000Z","description":"He's not endorsing Donald Trump","url":"https://time.com/4278287/rand-paul-donald-trump-endorsement/","keywords":["Rand Paul","2016 Election topic","ted cruz","Donald Trump","Carly Fiorina"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eecdf18f624873/69888d3fcd1bba12367000e3/gettyimages-507918390.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eecdf18f624873/69888d3fcd1bba12367000e3/gettyimages-507918390.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rand Paul Holds Caucus Day Rally In Des Moines","caption":"Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul speaks during a caucus day rally on Feb. 1, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa.","creditText":"Pete Marovich—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/rand-paul/","name":"Rand Paul"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4278287/rand-paul-donald-trump-endorsement/","name":"Rand Paul's 'Yuge' April 1 Endorsement Is a Prank"}}]}] ```