Forty-five second clip fits somewhere between a YouTube bungee jump montage and a teenager’s iMovie video of a skiing trip

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Donald Trump has marked his state visit to Asia by releasing a highlights video featuring slow-motion footage over a soaring trance soundtrack.

The president posted the 45-second film to his Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon. The unusual video seems to be a celebration of Trump’s relatively incident-free swing through Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) THANK YOU ASIA! #USA🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/FziKSbrzcu

Political leaders releasing videos after official trips is nothing new, but the style of Trump’s film – somewhere between a YouTube bungee jump montage and a teenager’s iMovie video of a skiing trip – is a departure from the traditional format.

The president did not name the director of the film, but whoever it is seems to have a taste for the dramatic. The video opens with a reverse shot of people cycling, before graduating to a series of slow-motion shots of the president walking, waving and handshaking.

The backing music rises to a euphoric peak in the middle of the video before fading out to an image of a US flag.

Trump did not say who had performed the track, which mixes a kettle bell-esque beat with a drum track. The president is not known to be an EDM fan, but he does have an ear for music.

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During the presidential campaign Trump chose the music for his rallies himself, displaying a particular fondness for the Rolling Stones and Twisted Sister.

Both those bands later asked him to stop using their music, as did a number of other artists, including Adele, Elton John and the family of Luciano Pavarotti.

Trump returned to the US on Tuesday. While the president’s trip was free from large-scale gaffes, he was criticized for striking up a “great relationship” with Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines. Duterte has led a crusade against drugs in his country that observers say has left 3,000 people dead.

During the trip, Trump took an unusual approach to diplomatic relations with North Korea, saying he would “never call” the country’s leader Kim Jong-un “short and fat”.

Trump’s comment came after North Korea had described him as “an old lunatic”. North Korea has also called Trump a “dotard”.

