Donald Trump’s inauguration yesterday may have been completely overwhelming, but at least for every viscerally confronting day in modern history, we always have a steady stream of memes to keep us going.
To run you through a few of things that happened, just so you have the full context: newly-minted government department head Elon Musk gave a salute that resembled the Nazi Sieg Heil, Donald Trump reversed a series of progressive policies and enacted a bunch of regressive ones (leaving the Paris Agreement, leaving the World Health Organisation, revoking protections for transgender people in prisons), Melania Trump dressed like a comic book villain and Barron Trump was looking extra tall.
That’s it in a mouthful. To help wash it down, here are some of the best online reactions from the past 24 hours.
1. Are you a Barron or an Elon or are you sane?
the two wolves inside me after my fifth pint pic.twitter.com/w77E8oOAIl
— Scott Chegg (@buckfastbadlad) January 20, 2025
2. I knew that hat looked familiar
3. The writers of Amazon Prime’s The Boys are absolutely shaking right now
the boys script writers realizing there's no way to top this: https://t.co/Drj1UC6V8w pic.twitter.com/buy5eM0fWC
— Terminally Online Leftist 🥂 (@terminallyOL) January 20, 2025
4. Melania isn’t for everyone
Ohhh sorry I don’t find Melania Trump to be a diva I’m unfortunately normal :(
— Brody (@britmebaby) January 21, 2025
5. Elon Musk x Jesse Pinkman
"Okay Elon go up there and talk about making the government more efficient"
— PointlessHub (@HubPointless) January 20, 2025
Elon: pic.twitter.com/pQvP3W4FWT
6. Crowd concerned for Usha Vance
7. There’s a Succession screencap for everything
— no context succession (@nocontextroyco) January 21, 2025
8. And a Peep Show meme
— Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) January 20, 2025
9. Valid commentary on the TikTok ban
I've had Afters that lasted longer than the TikTok ban
— Infinite Bag (@lnfiniteVoids) January 19, 2025
10. Barron you’re looking... well
11. We Brits crave the American dream
It is every British person's dream to work in a canned chicken factory, drink 2% beer at Chilli's and pay $600 to visit their GP. The only thing holding them back is the admin of filling out a visa form. https://t.co/hhzQhnHQZO
— Eugene (@eugeneh84) January 20, 2025
12. Say what you want but Biden’s still got it sometimes
OMG wait until you see it it's hilarious🤣 pic.twitter.com/5CqyDAYPwI
— Rich From CA (@TheRichFromCali) January 20, 2025
13. Carrie Underwood gave a sub-par performance
14. Some interesting facial expressions going on from Bush here
when you realize you took an edible before doing something serious pic.twitter.com/Yz1ArvHFqH
— sean yoo (@SeanYoo) January 20, 2025
15. It’s Always Sunny in Washington D.C.
🚨 He did the meme. https://t.co/wlljYpSq1l pic.twitter.com/fOocYcMtT0
— Politics For You (@PoliticoForYou) January 20, 2025
16. Biden’s parting gift to Trump
https://t.co/TJro87HXj6 pic.twitter.com/q6oOzhnR01
— hammermime (@hammermime) January 20, 2025
17. Alexa play Genesis by Grimes
This is literally all Grimes fault
— Imogen Heat (@NegroAphrodite) January 20, 2025
18. Everyday people, Village People, what’s the difference?
That was the Village People https://t.co/YV0ObSaHdu
— Charles Austin (@charlesraustin) January 20, 2025
19. Laurence Fox pulling a classic Laurence Fox move
flew all the way there and couldn’t even get into the room lmao. sad. pic.twitter.com/Q20afr9kFK
— Ben Smoke (@bencsmoke) January 20, 2025
20. Barack saying it like it is
Presidents Obama and Bush on their way to the Capitol Rotunda:
— Emily Davies (@ELaserDavies) January 20, 2025
Staffer to Bush: “Are you going to behave?”
Obama chimes in from behind: “Nope.” pic.twitter.com/xGNTTo6r2t
21. What really matters to the average Briton
Mum’s fuming pic.twitter.com/Ys5hTPAhDV
— Alfie | HITC Sevens (@HITCSevens) January 20, 2025
