President Donald Trump wanted to show the nation that he was hard at work this weekend after the government shut down over failed budget negotiations.
It didn’t go over very well.
The White House released a photograph that showed Trump sitting at an empty desk, holding the phone at an awkward angle. On Sunday, the image went viral in all the wrong ways:
STAFF: Mr. President, we need the optics of you working hard during the shutdown.
TRUMP: Fine, I’ll pose with the phone at my ear.
STAFF: Um, sir, maybe it would be better if it looked like you had been reading—
TRUMP: Just take the f**king picture in the next three seconds. https://t.co/Wp3rfOng5T
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 21, 2018
BIDEN: hello Mr. President
TRUMP: who is this
BIDEN: it’s uh Prime Minister Updog of Bofa
TRUMP: oh of course. How are you? I love Bofa. Great people. Love me some Bofa
BIDEN: *covers phone* Barry I can’t it’s too easy
OBAMA: FINISH HIM pic.twitter.com/oZmxNWqNFO— Bucky Isotope (@BuckyIsotope) January 21, 2018
This one has Forbes rolled up, ShutDown on his hat, Viagra on the table along with some cocaine lined out & straw in his hand, Trump on Banana phone, Russian desk flag, McD’s,lots of KFC, 8 pack diet coke, golf clubs and Stormy under the desk.
So what’s next? Lol. pic.twitter.com/XudxDl5h7A
— ??C. Peternell?? (@CPeternell) January 21, 2018
So Trump shows the world he’s “working” during the shutdown by sitting behind an empty desk and picking up a phone. He’s like a little kid who thinks he’s “driving” by sitting behind the steering wheel of a parked car and shouting “VROOM! VROOM!” https://t.co/UEeUbakte3
— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) January 22, 2018
