Shortly after the US government announced the reinstatement of sanctions against Iran this coming Monday, Trump posted a picture on Twitter - in the style of a movie billboard. Thereupon: a seriously looking Trump in a suit and tie, against a blurred background. In addition, in large letters, the words: "Sanctions are coming - November 5" - in other words: "The sanctions near - 5 November".
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- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2018Words and font in the Trump Tweet are inspired by the successful medieval fantasy series "Game of Thrones". There, the phrase "Winter is coming" is a dramatic mantra - the ever-repeated warning of an approaching catastrophe and the greatest possible calamity. Because winter brings nothing good in the series.
Trump has already shown in the past that he has a penchant for Hollywood elements in politics - such as when he presented a video clip in a dramatic movie trailer style to the North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un at their Singapore summit, to underpin his political message for the meeting.
In the social networks, the new tweet in the style of the fantasy series met with scorn and criticism, although the users already seem a bit tired in the face of ever new amazing trump tweets. One called the president "loser", another hinted that this presidency would eventually be over. Some answered with pictures in the same style; On one is Trump in handcuffs to see about it in the same font, a charge for the upcoming spring announced: "Indictments are coming - Spring 2019".
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- Mike D'Adamo (@mikedadamo) November 3, 2018The US television station HBO, which produces "Game of Thrones", was not very enthusiastic about the White House imitation attempts. "What is brand misuse on Dothraki?", The station wrote on Twitter. Dothraki is one of the many languages in the world of "Game of Thrones".