21 of the best online reactions to Donald Trump's totally bizarre second inauguration
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"
Elon: pic.twitter.com/pQvP3W4FWT— PointlessHub (@HubPointless) January 20, 2025
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:
Staffer to Bush: “Are you going to behave?”
Obama chimes in from behind: “Nope.” pic.twitter.com/xGNTTo6r2t— Emily Davies (@ELaserDavies) January 20, 2025
21. What really matters to the average Briton
Mum’s fuming pic.twitter.com/Ys5hTPAhDV
— Alfie | HITC Sevens (@HITCSevens) January 20, 2025
