Randy Rainbow's Version of 'Despacito': 'Desperate Cheeto'

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        Randy Rainbow's Version of 'Despacito': 'Desperate Cheeto'
    Let's laugh at flailing Donald Trump instead of crying.
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          Oct 11, 2017
          
        
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As out comedian Randy Rainbow points out in his new video, it's been a rough week for Donald Trump -- for about a year.
Rainbow encapsulates how bad it's gotten lately with the president (disastrous response to Puerto Rico, threatening North Korea with annihilation, the relentless mean tweets) in "Desperate Cheeto," a take on the mega-hit "Despacito."
Check out the video below, with lots of guest appearances from Trump's favorite quicker-picker-upper:

        
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Randy Rainbow's Version of 'Despacito': 'Desperate Cheeto'

Let's laugh at flailing Donald Trump instead of crying.

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The unsolved murder, dubbed the “gay Black Dahlia,” was cracked wide open by filmmaker Rachel Mason.

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A civil rights group claims that backlash to the show's popularity has caused an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ hate from fellow players and coaches.

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