It used to be the case that a politician could give a speech in public without fear of becoming a meme, but these days it’s more likely to happen than not, especially if you’re Donald Trump.
During a speech about his trip to Asia, Trump took a sip of water from a bottle in a characteristically exaggerated way – lips pursed, with extreme concentration on his face, and eyes firmly closed.
Within moments memes starting on Reddit under the thread; ‘PsBattle: Trump drinking water.’ – that’s ‘Photoshop battle’ to you and I.
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Here are our favourites – get ready for actual tears of laughter.
Donald Trump and the Dementor’s Kiss
Photoshopper SomethingOriginal_01 reimaging Trump as a dementor in this scene from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban where Harry’s soul is being sucked out.
College student Trump
Reddit user Shashakeitup turned Trump into a weed fan smoking from a homemade bong.
Trump Lightning
The addition of John Travolta makes this picture ten times better.
Baby Trump
This is just disturbing…
Trumpogorgon
Probably the scariest thing we’ve seen all day.
*Images all Imgur *
Other politicians who have inadvertently become meme-fodder include…
Ed Miliband, Labour MP
Oh Ed, that bacon sandwich debacle really was a perfect meme in itself.
Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan President
The Ugandan President stopped a car journey, pulled out a chair, and took a call on the side of the road. His own team took a picture of him, posted it on Facebook, and the rest is meme history.
Vladimir Putin, Russian President
When photos of Putin riding a horse topless in Siberia emerged in 2009, Photoshoppers couldn’t help but transpose him into other places.
Theresa May, British Prime Minister
When Theresa May said in an interview that the naughtiest thing she had ever done was run through fields of wheat as a child, the internet couldn’t resist putting a gleeful May back among the wheat.
Robert Mugabe, Zimababwean President
Nothing will ever beat the time Mugabe fell down while walking a red carpet, and the internet completely lost all composure.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.