Tyler Linfesty didn't expect to become an internet meme after he was selected for a plum spot directly behind President Donald Trump at his Thursday rally in Montana.
The 17-year-old has now spoken out about finding social media fame as #PlaidShirtGuy.
"I knew the faces I was making, but those faces were completely genuine. I wasn't trying to make those faces - those were just faces that you know, came out when I heard what he was saying."
Halfway through, he was escorted away from spot and replaced with a woman who was apparently a Trump campaign staffer.
"I saw this woman walking toward me on the left," he said. "She just said to me, 'I'm going to replace you.'"
After being whisked away, he asked Secret Service agents to give Mr Trump his copy of The Communist Manifesto wrapped in the jacket of Mr Trump's The Art of the Deal, to trick the President into signing it.
The Secret Service declined.
Mr Linfesty says he's not a communist - he just thought would be funny. He said the Secret Service treated him well, but told him not to come back.
He said Mr Trump isn't as bad a speaker as people think, when you hear him in person.
"When you listen to him speak, he gets the crowd really riled up. But the important part is to listen to the content of the speech, like the actual policies that he's suggesting… when I heard the policies I disagreed with most of them."
After graduation, Mr Linfesty said he plans to attend college and study physics.
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