White House Shares Beefed-Up Trump Meme for Star Wars Day – Doesn’t Realize He’s Styled as a Sith Lord

One time aft sharing a wide condemned AI-generated photograph of Donald Trump arsenic the Pope, the White House returned Saturday to X with different Trump meme, this clip with the president styled arsenic what his societal media squad appears to judge is simply a beefed-up, patriotic Jedi — contempt the information that the president is holding a reddish lightsaber.

“Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are warring truthful hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & good known MS-13 Gang Members, backmost into our Galaxy,” the White House wrote. “You’re not the Rebellion — you’re the Empire. May the 4th beryllium with you.”

Though it could beryllium inferred from that caption that the White House intended to contiguous Trump arsenic Jedi, the representation notably shows him holding a reddish lightsaber — a hallmark of the Sith, stewards of the Dark Side. Based connected that detail, it’s unclear if the White House intended to observe “Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & good known MS-13 Gang Members” oregon decry them.

The representation besides features Trump clad successful a Jedi robe and sporting oversized muscles, arsenic good arsenic a backdrop that includes 2 bald eagles and the American flag.

Trump, who is not Catholic, and the White House were wide criticized this play aft the president archetypal shared a photograph of himself arsenic the Pope and the authoritative White House relationship reshared it. “There is thing clever oregon comic astir this image, Mr. President,” the New York State Catholic Conference wrote connected X.

“We conscionable buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are astir to participate a solemn conclave to elite a caller successor of St. Peter. Do not mock us.”

Pope Francis died April 21. Trump was aboriginal criticized for saying helium was looking guardant to the ceremonial and for wearing a bluish suit to it alternatively of black.

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