Trump retweets a meme showing him ‘eclipsing’ Barack Obama
The same week Hillary Clinton disclosed she wanted to tell Donald Trump to “back up, you creep” when he stood close to her on the debate stage last year, the president retweeted a meme showing him creeping up on Barack Obama.
During a Thursday morning barrage of tweets, Trump retweeted a solar-eclipse-themed meme from self-professed Trump supporter and YouTube actor @JerryTravone, showing Trump overshadowing his predecessor, Obama.
— Jerry Travone (@JerryTravone) August 24, 2017
It was a version of this popular eclipse meme from Monday showing various dark objects overpowering lighter ones.
best solar eclipse I've seen pic.twitter.com/eQx1tDwSB0
— Common Girl (@girlhoodposts) August 22, 2017
Twitter responded quickly.
Here, I fixed it for you: The BEST Eclipse is yet to come!!! pic.twitter.com/EaJCsJ5yXe
— Edmund Hanlon (@EdmundHanlon) August 24, 2017
This is actually correct. The Darkness of Trump has overtaken the brightness of Obama. The Sun is what gives us life and energy!
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 24, 2017
Eclipses have no positive impact on earth, while the Sun is what provides the entire world with life! Keep that in mind.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 24, 2017
Just face it. Most of the world would take the sun over the moon any day! https://t.co/4hlEls9vjL
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 24, 2017
Trump will go down in Presidential history as a BLACK HOLE and will never eclipse STAR President Obama! You embarrass Americans! pic.twitter.com/dO92RHEytr
— SoCal☀️Persister (@DarylynnM) August 24, 2017
— Laura L. Scott (@lauralscott) August 24, 2017
And just like the eclipse, his presidency will be brief.
— Stan The Movie Man (@moviemanstan) August 24, 2017
On Thursday morning the president also tweet-swiped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, former intelligence chief James Clapper and the “fake news.”
This story was originally published August 24, 2017 at 10:32 AM with the headline "Trump retweets a meme showing him ‘eclipsing’ Barack Obama."