Donald Trump Jr swam in a swamp full of gators who declined to eat him

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Settle down everyone, promo pics from a new Shrek film weren't released over the weekend — that's just Donald Trump Jr neck-deep in a literal gator-infested swamp.

The president's son apparently can't say no to money, so when someone bet him he wouldn't casually wade around in a Louisiana bayou, he obviously had to.

"This is what happens when someone bets me a good sum that there’s no way that the guy from New York City would swim in a gator infested swamp/bayou down in Louisiana. Easy money!!!" Trump Jr. wrote alongside some murky swamp content.

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For reasons unknown, the gators in the water declined to eat Trump Jr — perhaps they were turned off by all the #swimming and #winning — but the image of the first son in a swamp will forever haunt our brains.

Trump Jr was reportedly in Louisiana to support Attorney General Jeff Landry's hunting fundraiser, and spoke onstage to members of the "Trump train."

"It's an honor to be here and I'm excited to go get a big gator," Trump Jr said, before hunting gators with Rep. Steve Scalise while wearing a camo "Trump" hat.

According to Don's girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, the couple also helped make some gator gumbo. She shared several photos of the two on Instagram, including a duck-face selfie of her with a dead pig and gator. Casual!

I wonder if President Trump still wants the swamp drained...

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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