US President Donald Trump is not afraid to speak his mind on Twitter. From furious tirades to interesting typos, the Commander-in-Chief is often chastised by the media - and fellow Republican politicians - for his uninhibited tweets.
His selective choice of retweets has often baffled followers, including one involving a crudely-photoshopped image of Trump "eclipsing" a photo of Barack Obama, presumably a reference to the solar eclipse in the US.
The original poster, whose Twitter username is "CNN IS FAKE NEWS", uploaded the photo last night. It shows a photo of the grinning - and full colour - Donald Trump sliding in front of an image of Obama, who is shown in black and white. The original caption reads "Best eclipse ever".
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The Independent called the tweet "bizarre", while The AV Club said it "at once feeds into his obsession with his predecessor while placing his face in front of a black man’s".
Once Trump had reposted it, fellow Twitter users came armed with their pitchforks.
Some pounced on the inaccuracy of Trump's analogy:
Others were ashamed:
Some were just angry:
One determind user trawled through the Twitter history of "CNN IS FAKE NEWS" to uncover a slightly darker side to Trump's newest meme co-conspirator.
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