--- title: Trump Said He Looked Like Elvis at Tupelo Mississippi Rally description: Trump remarked that people thought he looked like Elvis at a Tupelo, Mississippi rally, and the people are all shook up about it. canonical: https://time.com/5464354/trump-elvis/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-27T14:17:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:11.108Z og:title: Trump Said That He Used to Look Like This Iconic Rock Legend og:description: People are all shook up about it og:url: https://time.com/5464354/trump-elvis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4250f6ebb3e4530/69893ff2ab6d7740a76b4460/trumpintupeloonelvis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3025 og:image:height: 1702 og:image:alt: President Trump Holds Rally For Mississippi GOP Senate Candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith In Tupelo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Said That He Used to Look Like This Iconic Rock Legend twitter:description: People are all shook up about it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4250f6ebb3e4530/69893ff2ab6d7740a76b4460/trumpintupeloonelvis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are All Shook Up Because Trump Said He Looks Like Elvis > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 27, 2018 2:17 PM UTC  President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Tupelo Regional Airport, November 26, 2018 in Tupelo, Mississippi. President Trump is holding two rallies on Monday in Mississippi, in support of Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces off against Democratic candidate Mike Espy in a runoff election on Tuesday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Tupelo Regional Airport, November 26, 2018 in Tupelo, Mississippi. President Trump is holding two rallies on Monday in Mississippi, in support of Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces off against Democratic candidate Mike Espy in a runoff election on Tuesday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 27, 2018 2:17 PM UTC President Donald [Trump](http://time.com/5463093/donald-trump-mississippi-rally-gop-senate/) drew cheers when he said that people thought he [looked like](http://time.com/5155421/gus-kenworthy-richard-madden/) Elvis when he was younger. The opportunity to share this tidbit presented itself Monday afternoon at his rally in Tupelo, Mississippi, where the king of rock and roll was born on January 8, 1935. “Tupelo, home of thousands of hard-working American patriots, and the proud birthplace of the king of rock n’ roll, Elvis. Elvis! We love Elvis,” Trump said at the rally. “I shouldn’t say this, you’ll say I’m very conceited, because I’m not, but other than the blonde hair, when I was growing up they said I looked like Elvis,” he added. “Can you believe it?” he added. “I always considered that a great compliment. We love Elvis, don’t we?” It doesn’t take too long to look through the Trump photo archives to see if you spot a physical resemblance. Both Trump and the otherworldly rock pioneer have certainly proved themselves to be leaders in their own ways. In any case, suffice it say that people online were all shook up about it. > [](https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1067186698084368385) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRickyDavila/status/1067229161469685760) > [](https://twitter.com/biffrendar/status/1067253914762911744) > [](https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1067193215210655744) Trump was in Mississippi to endorse Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces off against Democrat Mike Espy Tuesday in a runoff for Senate. Recently, Hyde-Smith drew backlash from detractors when she joked about a [public hanging](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/mississippi-gop-sen-hyde-smith-calls-voter-suppression-great-idea-n936946), and [voter suppression](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/mississippi-gop-sen-hyde-smith-calls-voter-suppression-great-idea-n936946). Trump used the rally as a platform for a number of his talking points, including the idea that a vote for Hyde-Smith would keep Republicans in power in the Senate. Just hours after Melania Trump revealed her White House Christmas decorations on Monday morning, Trump kept the Christmas theme going. At his next stop in Biloxi, POTUS emerged from a makeshift Christmas fireplace chimney prop, Santa style. Fake snow fell, and some attendants wore full Santa Claus costumes. > [](https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1067243585949614080) > [](https://twitter.com/NoahGrayCNN/status/1067195111933657088) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5464354/trump-elvis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5464354/trump-elvis/"},"headline":"People Are All Shook Up Because Trump Said He Looks Like Elvis","datePublished":"2018-11-27T14:17:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:11.108Z","description":"'Elvis! 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