An authoritative ranking of the top 10 GIFs of Donald Trump’s campaign

In Iowa on Thursday night, Donald Trump stepped out from behind the lectern from which he was addressing the crowd to make an important political point: Sometimes belts move around.

His goal was to rebut the story told by Ben Carson of Carson's attempt to stab a friend as a young man -- an attempt Carson says was foiled by the almost-victim's belt buckle. But Trump proved that impossible, by standing in front of a crowd wiggling his belt and making a funny face. Which is the sort of thing that makes for a very good visual -- and, therefore, GIF.*

Trump, with his Jim-Carrey-esque face and atypical physical expressiveness, is a boon for the GIF-sharing industry (a.k.a. the Internet). Below are the 10 best GIFs of the once-and-sort-of-current Republican front-runner's campaign from June until today. There might be additions in the future, but as of this moment, this is the most accurate available ranking as determined by my personal taste.

* "GIF" (an acronym for "graphics interchange format") usually refers to a short, looping animated image, often a snippet of video. As all web-savvy people know, it is pronounced with a soft G, like "jif."

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10. Trump shrugs at Rand Paul

9. Trump describes the "bing bong"-ing of lobbyists

8. Trump dances like a dork on "Saturday Night Live"

7. Trump gets a low-five from Jeb Bush

6. The belt incident

5. Trump plays the air drums to an Aerosmith song

4. Trump talks about how lobbyists are "killers"

3. Trump is a normal patriot

2. Trump smiles

1. Trump reacts during the second Republican debate

That is your official ranking; dissenting opinions are necessarily incorrect. The end.