Donald Trump Retweeted Something Racist

Donald Trump is back at it again. After retweeting numerous white supremacists and anti-Semites, the president retweeted a meme of him "eclipsing" a desaturated Barack Obama, representing a dark moon, while he is a beaming sun overtaking his predecessor.

\u201c@realDonaldTrump \u201d
— Jerry Razor Travone\u2122\ufe0f (@Jerry Razor Travone\u2122\ufe0f) 1503577241

Once again, while America faces a crumbling health care system, a relaunch into war in Afghanistan, and nuclear threats, the public is forced to devote its attention to Donald Trump and his inclination to dog-whistle to white supremacists. Many were outraged by the racist undertones of the meme (and its creator) as well as confused by the scientific basis of the tweet itself. Others threw back their own memes.

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump Why are you retweeting anti-semitic racists? Oh yeah, cuz you're a racist. That checks out.\u201d
— Z\u0e4fmbie Gh\u0e4fst (@Z\u0e4fmbie Gh\u0e4fst) 1503594899

\u201cHe's eclipsing the sun with darkness? His ineptitude is overshadowing Obama's legacy? He's admitting to being racist? I don't get it. \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f https://t.co/DmmmsWQUYx\u201d
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa Milano) 1503578869

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump Now that's an eclipse that will damage the country's vision forever...\u201d
— Seph Lawless (@Seph Lawless) 1503593209

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump If so, we are left in the darkness of corruption, collusion, dishonesty, bigotry, and sheer stupidity. #Resist so the sun can shine again!\u201d
— Lorraine Devon Wilke (@Lorraine Devon Wilke) 1503592767

\u201cThis metaphor makes Trump the moon and Obama the sun, and Trump only temporarily passing in front https://t.co/AM4uLmRTyr\u201d
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@Edward-Isaac Dovere) 1503578835

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump Eclipses have no positive impact on earth, while the Sun is what provides the entire world with life! Keep that in mind.\u201d
— Ed Krassenstein (@Ed Krassenstein) 1503578223

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump The Sun (Obama) is what allows Earth to sustain itself as well as every plant, animal and human on the planet.\u201d
— Ed Krassenstein (@Ed Krassenstein) 1503578343

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump Side view...\u201d
— Jerry Razor Travone\u2122\ufe0f (@Jerry Razor Travone\u2122\ufe0f) 1503577241

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump Is Trump admitting that he is just a \ud83c\udf19 and that @BarackObama is our \u2600\ufe0f?\u201d
— Big Tuna \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b (@Big Tuna \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b) 1503594546

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump #Obama to #Trump\u201d
— Princess Shuri of Wakanda (@Princess Shuri of Wakanda) 1503596021

\u201c@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump Just this eclipse won't burn out your retinas, but your mind and soul, maybe also my next Social Security check if Sun King shuts gov down.\u201d
— C.S.P. @CSP2@mastodon.world and C.S.P.@cspost (@C.S.P. @CSP2@mastodon.world and C.S.P.@cspost) 1503595455