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The year is almost over, but we’ve finally reached peak 2018.

Here’s the bizarre spectacle we never knew we needed to epitomize these times: President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted a fairly mundane missive, at least by his standards. “Farm Bill signing in 15 minutes!” he wrote, alerting his followers that he was about to sign off on legislation that Congress passed earlier this month. But then he added a video of himself performing at the 2005 Emmys alongside actress/comedian Megan Mullally, in a skit in which the pair riff on the “Green Acres” theme song.

So what does the president’s decade-plus-old performance have to do with the farm bill, one might ask? Well, see, in the skit, Trump is wearing overalls, which is an item of clothing worn by farmers (at least in Hollywood). And he’s holding a pitchfork, which everyone knows is an agricultural implement used by said farmers.

In the 2005 TV awards ceremony, Trump played Eddie Albert’s “Green Acres” character, a Manhattanite who chucks city livin’ for the pleasures of the country, while “Will and Grace” star Mullally took the Ava Gabor role of the wife who just wants her Park Avenue lifestyle back (note that Mullally changed the “Times Square!” lyric to “Trump Tower!” in honour of her duet partner).

Moments after Trump tweeted, Mullally registered shock and maybe a little embarrassment on the same social media platform. Her first message was a succinct “omg,” which is pretty much the reaction of everyone who saw it, too. Next, she wrote “if you guys need me, i’ll be in a hole in the ground.”