Trump Has Become The World’s Punchline
One of the most iconic images of Donald Trump’s overseas trip isn’t one of calm reflection at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, or his meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis. It’s a frat-boy photo-op with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. In it, the two men are grasping a glowing globe, staring vacantly into the camera. The hands-on-the-world photo is almost a metaphor for the smudgy political fingerprints Trump is leaving all across the planet.
Social media mockery of the photo likened it to some strange occultist ceremony–Heads of state paying homage to the world they’re about to ruin–that sort of thing.
I knew I'd seen this before.. #orb pic.twitter.com/pUDG2RRxrP
— cinegirl 14? (@cinegirl14) May 22, 2017
But not even Anonymous or Guccifer 2.0 could have contrived a computer troll as brilliant as the leaders of Europe’s Nordic region. In a photo parody, the leaders of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland grasp a football a-la Trump’s Saudi Arabia pose. Twitter relished in the prompt display of this photo as well.
Nordic Leaders Troll Trump's Orb Photo
America, this is where we are. ? pic.twitter.com/zEwzwtBz67
— Jillian (@BeautyBind) May 30, 2017
https://t.co/mmdgGkSsVh @realDonaldTrump @SenateGOP @SenateMajLdr you made USA laughingstock of the world thanks loser
— MEC (@mecLovesAmerica) May 30, 2017
The photo seems to scream “Down with The Donald”, reflecting what German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday about the current status of the European/American relationship.
“The times when we could completely count on others, they are over to a certain extent,” I have experienced this in the last few days. And that is why I can only say that we Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands.”
Germany has led the way in calling out President Trump for the laughing-stock that he is. The German news magazine Der Spiegel said it best in a May 19th editorial that eviscerated the president.
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“Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States. He does not possess the requisite intellect and does not understand the significance of the office he holds nor the tasks associated with it”
Other leaders, as well, have called Donald Trump out for what he really is. Irish senator Aodhan O’Riley’s impassioned speech about Trump’s victory sets the tone for what all of Europe is evidently feeling.
“I don’t use the word ‘fascist’ lightly but what else would you call somebody who threatens to imprison his political opponents. What would you say about somebody who says the media is rigged-the judiciary is rigged?”
The photo parody is a humorous poke at our clown-like president. It’s a harmless jab that would be worthy of a Saturday Night Live skit, but it’ll likely elicit a scathing tweltdown from the president which will further validate what the rest of the world thinks of us. But the more ominous takeaway from all of this is that the United States of America is losing credibility and political power. Like some smarmy magician or balloon twister, we are in the room, but seated at the kids’ table.
Image via social media
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