Trump, who is technically obese, tweets portrait of himself as muscular Rocky Balboa
President Trump is just going to leave this here.
Trump on Wednesday randomly, without comment, tweeted out a photoshopped image of himself as a shirtless Rocky Balboa.
Trump, who was found by the White House physician to be technically obese earlier this year, made no attempt to accompany this odd image with, for example, an analogy about himself fighting the impeachment inquiry like Rocky, or any context of any kind. An image of a shirtless, glistening Trump just appeared in the wild, and everyone's just going to have to deal with that.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
"A reminder that Trump tweets are official statements from the WH," CNN's Manu Raju noted in response to the image.
The Rocky image was also retweeted by the official @POTUS Twitter account, just to make absolutely sure it hit everyone's feed in the hours before Thanksgiving. What other iconic, ripped films characters might Trump appear superimposed on next? Thor, perhaps? Stay tuned.
-
5 chilling cartoons about increasing ICE aggressionCartoons Artists take on respect for the law, the Fourth Amendment, and more
-
Political cartoons for January 24Cartoons Saturday's political cartoons include 3D chess, political distractions, and more
-
Ryanair/SpaceX: could Musk really buy the airline?Talking Point Irish budget carrier has become embroiled in unlikely feud with the world’s wealthiest man
-
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ comes into confounding focusIn the Spotlight What began as a plan to redevelop the Gaza Strip is quickly emerging as a new lever of global power for a president intent on upending the standing world order
-
Trump sues JPMorgan for $5B over ‘debanking’Speed Read Trump accused the company of closing his accounts for political reasons
-
ICE memo OKs forcible entry without warrantSpeed Read The secret memo was signed last May
-
Halligan quits US attorney role amid court pressureSpeed Read Halligan’s position had already been considered vacant by at least one judge
-
Can anyone stop Donald Trump?Today's Big Question US president ‘no longer cares what anybody thinks’ so how to counter his global strongman stance?
-
How Iran protest death tolls have been politicisedIn the Spotlight Regime blames killing of ‘several thousand’ people on foreign actors and uses videos of bodies as ‘psychological warfare’ to scare protesters
-
Trump’s Greenland ambitions push NATO to the edgeTalking Points The military alliance is facing its worst-ever crisis
-
Venezuela: Does Trump have a plan?Feature Oil and democracy are both on the table
