Donald Trump Jr. shares a 'SpongeBob' meme bashing Barack Obama
Donald Trump Jr. has apparently never met a meme he didn’t like, and on Saturday morning, he hopped on an always popular theme, the children’s television show SpongeBob Squarepants.
In a post that seemed to be a jab at former President Barack Obama, who preceded his father, President Trump, in office, the first son posted an image of cartoon starfish Patrick Starr attempting to open a jar with two of his five cute little arms.
Perfect description because you can actually see the scenario playing out beyond the analogy.
A post shared by Donald Trump Jr. (@donaldjtrumpjr) on Sep 22, 2018 at 5:20am PDT
The image, originally shared on Twitter by a political adviser and social media strategist for the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, Alex Bruesewitz, was captioned, “Obama is like a guy who couldn’t open a jar for 8 years, and then @realDonaldTrump opens it and Obama says ‘I loosened it for you.'”
Trump Jr. added his own caption, writing, “Perfect description because you can actually see the scenario playing out beyond the analogy.”
The post, which has attracted more than 30,000 likes, prompted lively debate. Some commenters felt the metaphor didn’t make sense, arguing that the first family was focusing too much on the prior administration.
“You seriously need help on your Obama obsession! It’s not normal, plus mental illness runs in your familia,” one person wrote.
“Like your father. Always gotta our [sic] someone else down to try and make yourself look big. Wow!!!” wrote another.
One critic, leaning into popular meme culture, wrote, “I WiLl MaKe MeXiCo PaY fOr ThAt WaLl!” Well I haven’t heard anything about that.”
Others felt Trump Jr.’s use of the cartoon meme was spot on.
One wrote, “That’s putting it nicely. A majority of Americans would have a few choice not so pleasant words to describe Obama.”
Another wrote, “Obama could not even find the jar.”
This isn’t Trump Jr.’s first controversial post. Back in August, he shared a poorly doctored image on his Instagram account claiming that his father’s approval rating stood at 50 percent, according to CNN. But if you look closely at that “50 percent,” you’ll notice that the figure is in a red box, which overlays the actual number: 40 percent.
Trump Jr.’s Spongebob retweet may have been a response to the remarks of the former president Friday night, while Obama was campaigning in Philadelphia with two leading Democrats running for re-election, Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.
Obama implored members of both parties to vote, saying, “This time, it really is different. This time, the stakes really are higher. The consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are far more dangerous.”
He made no mention of President Trump in his speech, but asked the public to vote to restore honesty, decency, and lawfulness to government.
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