Donald Trump Jr mocks Barack Obama with bizarre cookie of former president
US president's son has been fiercely criticised for sharing a photo of the biscuit
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump Jr has mocked Barack Obama by posting a photo of him and Ted Cruz posing with a gigantic cookie featuring a distorted image of the former US president.
President Donald Trump’s eldest son said the massive brown coloured biscuit was an early birthday present and his special day would be incomplete without such a baked good.
He said: “With friends like these … some good friends decided that while my birthday is not for two weeks that they would get me an early 40th birthday cake. And what birthday is complete without an Obama cake?”
The younger Trump, who is an executive of the Trump administration, referred to the former president in the caption of the post, including Obama as one of the hashtags.
The image shows Trump Jr pulling a funny face and doing a fake smile for the camera and Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz looking rather unimpressed and almost grimacing.
The badly sketched iced cookie appears to emulate the iconic Barack Obama “hope” poster which was designed by artist Shepard Fairey and came to embody his 2008 presidential campaign. It was a stylized portrait of President Trump’s predecessor in bold red, beige and light and dark blue with the words “progress”, “hope” or “change” below.
Trump Jr has come under heavy fire for the cookie on Instagram and people have argued he lacks class.
“Obama has more class than you two idiots ever will,” said one critic.
Another said: “I love how obsessed you all are with our real president.”
“I think this photo really does sum up what a dreadful, ignorant, stupid and hateful person you are,” added one more.
“Mock Barack Obama all you want. You will never possess the dignity, the intellect, the courage, the integrity, the kindness, or the compassion he has. You are not even a shadow of the man he is,” said another.
Trump Jr, whose friends call him the “Fifth Avenue Redneck” because of his penchant for hunting, has made a number of blunders on social media over the years and has been routinely criticised and mocked for doing so.
Last month, he urged people to vote in the Virginia elections on the wrong day and may have impeded the proper electoral process. The president's son encouraged his 2.2 million Twitter followers to go out and vote on Wednesday despite the fact the greatly anticipated race took place on Tuesday.
He was also mocked last month for another food related gaffe. He said he would teach his daughter Chloe about socialism by taking away some of her Halloween sweets. The tweet amassed over 50,000 replies within hours, with many pointing out that he was not describing socialism but was referring to sharing - an activity the majority of children are taught to do.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments