President Donald Trump is coming out fighting. On Wednesday, the president tweeted out a famous photo of Sylvester Stallone as fictional boxer Rocky Balboa — only this image had Trump’s head where Stallone’s should be.
Cue the famed Gonna Fly Now theme song, because Twitter users pulled out their heavyweight jokes and memes.
I’m embarrassed at how hard this stuff makes me laugh.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) November 27, 2019
He must have those skinny mirrors, like at Barney’s ?
— Morticia ? (@BrumhildaQ) November 27, 2019
More than one Twitter user saw a resemblance to a famous Simpsons scene where Homer does a little in-mirror dreaming.
While others responded with different manipulated photos.
The original photo was a promo for 1982’s Rocky III, but many made references to 1985’s Rocky IV, which features the American boxer taking on Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. “Sorry, but Rocky beat the Russian,” wrote one Twitter user.
This is all wrong.
Rocky defeated Russia, while Trump continues to hand them victories.
— Nick Jack Pap-pass the Gravy (@Pappiness) November 27, 2019
The original photo was from Rocky III, but Trump tweeted his version on the 34th anniversary of the release of Rocky IV, an anniversary which ESPN had pointed out in a morning tweet.
While the faked image seemed random to many, CBS Digital political reporter Grace Segers spotted a possible tie-in, writing, “This is a reference to a comment Trump made at his rally last night where he claimed that his doctors at Walter Reed had said: ‘Show us that gorgeous chest.'”
This is a reference to a comment Trump made at his rally last night, where he claimed that his doctors at Walter Reed had said: “Show us that gorgeous chest.”
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) November 27, 2019
Request granted. Kind of.
