Donald Trump Retweets Bizarre Obama Eclipse Meme. The Internet Is Confused

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump retweeted a meme that shows Mr Trump slowly "eclipsing" former President Barack Obama, with the caption "The best eclipse ever!" The series of images show Mr Trump's smiling, full-color face slowly blocking out a black-and-white image of a somber Mr Obama. The bizarre meme was tweeted by Jerry Travone, a "proud Trump supporter," who, according to his Twitter bio, is a "YouTube actor and political junkie." 
 

pic.twitter.com/6XJxEg1gSs

— CNN IS FAKE NEWS ! (@JerryTravone) August 24, 2017

In less than 24 hours, the meme has been retweeted over 23,000 times and 'liked' over 61,000 times. 

On Twitter, people have a lot of questions about what the meme is supposed to mean:
 

Well, usually In the eclipse the Sun remains there forever and the moon moves away quickly. Am I reading too much into this?

— Braxton (@braxtonryn) August 24, 2017

 

He's eclipsing the sun with darkness? His ineptitude is overshadowing Obama's legacy? He's admitting to being racist? I don't get it. https://t.co/DmmmsWQUYx

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) August 24, 2017

 

That he failed his astronomy class.

— Kathaisis (@Kathiasis) August 24, 2017

Here's how some people interpreted the meme:
 

So basically Trump is the darkness that blocks the light,  then moves on to let the light through again... I get it.... Good meme!!!

— Kenneth L. Brown Sr. (@KLBROWN0510) August 25, 2017

 

So, in the Trump "eclipse" tweet analogy, Barack Obama is the life-giving hot Sun and Trump is the lifeless rock that gets in the way?

— Rocky Mountain Mike (@RockyMntnMike) August 24, 2017

 

Eclipses have no positive impact on earth, while the Sun is what provides the entire world with life!  Keep that in mind.

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 24, 2017

And fans of Mr Obama are responding with memes of their own:
 

Original pic.twitter.com/Cm3bYmIqkG

— ero (@Nerito01) August 25, 2017

 

Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/pHVzPFCJJJ

— Maria Sohn (@MariaSohn1) August 24, 2017

 

This, of course, is what an actual eclipse would look like (and likely will) pic.twitter.com/WRs5BWeULV

— XLProfessor (@XLProfessor) August 24, 2017

"I was trying to say that Donald J Trump's spirit and love for this country eclipses anyone and anything," the Daily Mail quotes Mr Travone as saying. 

The sun disappeared behind the moon in a rare total solar eclipse that was seen coast-to-coast across the US for the first time in nearly a century on Monday. Washington DC, however, only witnessed a partial solar eclipse.

Mr Trump was photographed briefly staring up at the sun, without protection, during the eclipse. Thanks to Twitter, that moment instantly became a meme.