--- title: DNC: Watch Tim Kaine Do His Best Donald Trump Impression description: Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine revealed his impression of Donald Trump before a nationally televised audience on Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/4427766/dnc-tim-kaine-donald-trump-impression/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T03:06:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:36:19.367Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Tim Kaine Do His Best Donald Trump Impression og:description: "Believe me." og:url: https://time.com/4427766/dnc-tim-kaine-donald-trump-impression/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8483c6737f03f09c/69889ff0f887dc1822e96d92/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-25.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic National Convention: Day Three og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Tim Kaine Do His Best Donald Trump Impression twitter:description: "Believe me." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8483c6737f03f09c/69889ff0f887dc1822e96d92/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-25.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Tim Kaine Do His Best Donald Trump Impression by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 28, 2016 3:06 AM UTC  Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine acknowledges the crowd on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia. Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine acknowledges the crowd on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 28, 2016 3:06 AM UTC Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine revealed his impression of Donald Trump before a nationally televised audience on Wednesday. [Speaking at the Democratic national convention](http://time.com/4426037/dnc-tim-kaine-speech-transcript-video/) in Philadelphia, the Virginia Senator argued that Trump has no solid plans for how he would run the country. “He never tells you how he’s going to do any of the things he says he’s going to do. He just says, ‘believe me.’” he said. “So here’s the question. Do you really believe him? Donald Trump’s whole career says you better not.” Kaine riffed on Trump’s speaking style for a good chunk of the speech. 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