Let's Analyze Donald Trump's Free Throw Form

Back in the salad days of the Mooch Era, Anthony Scaramucci bragged that he once saw President Uncle Rico Donald Trump thread a "dead spiral through a tire." We've never had the chance to see evidence of this quarterbacking prowess, but we came damn close today.

As part of his (long awaited) visit to Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria, the president went to a local church to help distribute supplies. Some of those supplies happened to be rolls of paper towels. Now, despite a paper towel much more closely resembling a football than a basketball, the president's chose method of conveyance was some kind of janky free throw shooting motion. Behold:

Honestly, I don't even know what to call this. It is the stiffest motion I have ever seen; all wrist and phalanges, and next to no follow through whatsoever. It's only until the fourth or fifth attempt that we see anything even approaching a fluid motion

Resident VICE Sports basketball head Michael Pina weighed in on the clip thusly:

Perhaps Trump was unaware of his lack of skill at basketball relative to his football bona fides so it could be that he was just testing out his game. But, come one, if you've ever actually used a roll of paper towels personally, you know it's perfect for throwing like a football. Why not put your best foot forward?

At least Dwight Howard gets some cover in the news cycle now: