CNN host Don Lemon went off on the Trump 2020 campaign team’s latest weird meme, where it jokingly tried to suggest that Trump’s re-election was “inevitable” and that he would soon use his so-called powers to wipe Democrats off the face of the planet.
Lemon was alluding to a Trump campaign tweet from Tuesday that awkwardly slapped Trump’s head on top of that of the world-destroying villain, Thanos (played by actor Josh Brolin), in a clip from Avengers: Endgame. Trump-Thanos then snapped his fingers and the meme cut to a clip of the Democratic Congressional leadership slowly dissolving away.
“And all that followed has led him to the brink of impeachment. That’s how we got here,” Lemon said, after recounting a laundry list of Trump’s alleged misconduct, before turning to the Twitter meme. “Take a look at this.”
When the clip finished, a clearly disdainful Lemon took several seconds to speak.
“What are we, in junior high school? Like what the hell? What is this?” he asked in quiet indignation, while looking off-camera. “Like what — What?! I cannot believe that I’m even having to report this on the news. This is — this is crazy. This is literally crazy. Are you people insane? Are you insane?”
“Go ahead, troll the Democrats on Twitter. Do this stupid, silly you-know what. Play this stupid, juvenile meme
Watch the video above, via CNN.