Trump Shows A Fake Hurricane Map Altered With A Sharpie, Inspires 30 Hilarious Memes
The President of the United States Donald Trump is making headlines once again. The newest ‘scandal’ to rock the Presidency has everything to do with the idea that just because you draw on something with a marker pen, it doesn’t change reality. The only ones with the power to turn ink into reality are writers and artists, and Trump is neither.
When the President showed off a predictive National Hurricane Center map, it looked like it was drawn on with a Sharpie in one place. Trump insisted that hurricane Dorian had a “95% chance” of hitting Alabama, even though the National Weather Service denied it. And, boy, did the internet love where this was going. The memes started coming in fast and furious, and Trump was the butt of the joke.
Bored Panda brings you this amazing list of the very best and funniest memes about the so-called Sharpiegate ‘scandal.’ Upvote your favorites, drop us a comment, share with your friends, and keep on scrolling. Once you’re done with this list, have a read through my post about Trump and his Baltimore comments, which includes a detailed interview with Linas Kojala, the director of the Eastern Europe Studies Centre in Vilnius.
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Hurricane Dorian is no joke, though. CNN reports that at least 30 people have died in the Bahamas and that the storm is moving northwards, along the eastern United States seaboard.
According to CNN, Dorian is currently a Category 1 storm and will move along the coast of the Carolinas on Thursday and Friday (which is today, unless you’re reading this later on — hello, Pandas from the future).
Bored Panda contacted the National Hurricane Center about the massive storm. NHC representative Dennis said that the latest forecasts for the hurricane could be found here. What's more, he explained that there are favored areas for hurricanes to form each month — the month by month graphs can be found here.
"We are in the peak of the hurricane season, which runs from mid-August through late October. It is very important that every household and business have a hurricane plan," Dennis highlighted, suggesting readers learn how to prepare for hurricanes here.
The massive hurricane has left at least 271,000 people in North Carolina and South Carolina without power. This number is likely to increase with every hour.
Dorian is now a Category 1 storm, which means its maximum sustained winds are 90 miles per hour (nearly 145 kilometers per hour). The BBC writes that on Thursday, the hurricane was a Category 2 storm with winds reaching 105 mph (165km/h), and had even reached 115mph (185km/h) earlier.
The looming threat of the storm is liable to make anyone scared, so there’s no need to make people panic if they’re not in danger. And remember — just because you draw something with a marker pen, it doesn’t make it real. Unless you’re a writer or an artist, of course.
Cant Tell The Fake President Anything! Goes in One Ear And Out the Hole In His Head!
Note: this post originally had 43 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
It has been almost 3 years and I still don't understand how he can SHOW people one thing while saying something completely different and people believe what is coming out of his mouth (or twitter) rather than the physical, positive evidence. I do not get it.
No one sane and rational does. It's like a giant brainwashed cult or something living in its own (informative, medial etc.) bubble. It's scary. Of course not all of them are like that but some...
John Smith do you have any raw data or facts to support your economic claims? I'm not political nor do I watch US media but I have closely followed economic trends for 25 years and every indicator shows the US economy steadily improving since 2009. I know Trump & Fox often claim the economy was a disaster until Trump saved it, this is easily disprovable in 30 seconds by anyone capable of searching economic tends on google. Your acceptance of these obvious lies isn't based on data, it is clearly based on something else.
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Night Owl--record employment, smallest gap EVER between white and black unemployment, real prison reform benefiting majority black men, rock solid support from black churches and their congregations, reduction in armed conflicts worldwide, nothing but peace and prosperity really ......... yet when you turn on your CNN/NBC/CBS all you see is race-race-race-identity politics-identity politics..... YOU ARE THE ONE BRAINWASHED.
They have picked their "team" and they stick by him no matter what he does. He even stated he could stand in the middle of Times Square and shoot someone and still have his supporters...it was one of the few times he was 110% correct....
I think it’s simple. His supporters are very stupid and almost everyone else doesn’t vote. The conservatives are just all of the redneck uneducated religious Americans and the liberals don’t vote enough.
Wil V., you’re overlooking the role of the Electoral College in this fiasco. If we decided our elections based on WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES, we wouldn’t be in this mess!
Add to it that the democrat party is also fighting against each other and it's clear why Trump will win in 2020. One fool with 1000 votes wins over 8 bright men and women with 900 votes.
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I used to think the same of Obama's supporters.....yet I knew they couldn't possibly ALL be stupid. MAGA !!
Anyone who voted for him, voted because these two words Mexicans and Muslims. If someone claims other reason they are lying.
I like Mexicans. I speak their language and i admire their many good ways. I also like Muslims but more cautiously because religion makes me nervous. Just look at some of the Christians, so called, we have here in USA.
What's wrong with Mexicans and Muslims?
And now you got caught in the hailstorm while trying to escape the rain, ha?
I find it amusing that none of the folks who back him have ever asked to see photos or video of his magnificent wall he has been building for over a year now. They just take him at face value.
In this way people believe both, what he shows and what he says… more clever than this :D :D :D :D
I don't understand it either.
What's even worse is when people that voted against him because they saw all his campaign promises as lies are suddenly jumping on the Trump train because they believe his new outrageous pack of lies. Nothing has changed people.
Miss Cris..Trumpeteers are afraid of Mexicans and Muslims because their parents never taught them this thing called acceptance and understanding. Many of them are either the older generation or the white supremacists that never got over losing to the 14th Amendment.
Inbreeding.
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You make no sense.
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Behold Trump!....your Daddy until January 2025. MAGA !
You wish!
I laugh because they are funny and yet I shed a few tears because this is the president. This wouldn't even be a realistic plot in VEEP.
Sadly, Mad Magazine is gone.
Yes, mad magazine would have had a great time with trump, we can only imagine !!!
-but madness lingers on.
I hear he has all but put The Onion out of business....
Trump, the sharpiest US president ever!
Poor Sharpies, saddled with a legacy beyond their control.
The MAGA people are selling Sharpies with tRUMP's name on them! Maybe even "Presidential" Gold Plated ones I think... Unbelievable.
For one moment there I thought you were going to say "Trump, not the sharpiest tool in the shed"
Martata, best comment yet! To heck with the negative trolls. LOL
It has been almost 3 years and I still don't understand how he can SHOW people one thing while saying something completely different and people believe what is coming out of his mouth (or twitter) rather than the physical, positive evidence. I do not get it.
No one sane and rational does. It's like a giant brainwashed cult or something living in its own (informative, medial etc.) bubble. It's scary. Of course not all of them are like that but some...
John Smith do you have any raw data or facts to support your economic claims? I'm not political nor do I watch US media but I have closely followed economic trends for 25 years and every indicator shows the US economy steadily improving since 2009. I know Trump & Fox often claim the economy was a disaster until Trump saved it, this is easily disprovable in 30 seconds by anyone capable of searching economic tends on google. Your acceptance of these obvious lies isn't based on data, it is clearly based on something else.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Night Owl--record employment, smallest gap EVER between white and black unemployment, real prison reform benefiting majority black men, rock solid support from black churches and their congregations, reduction in armed conflicts worldwide, nothing but peace and prosperity really ......... yet when you turn on your CNN/NBC/CBS all you see is race-race-race-identity politics-identity politics..... YOU ARE THE ONE BRAINWASHED.
They have picked their "team" and they stick by him no matter what he does. He even stated he could stand in the middle of Times Square and shoot someone and still have his supporters...it was one of the few times he was 110% correct....
I think it’s simple. His supporters are very stupid and almost everyone else doesn’t vote. The conservatives are just all of the redneck uneducated religious Americans and the liberals don’t vote enough.
Wil V., you’re overlooking the role of the Electoral College in this fiasco. If we decided our elections based on WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES, we wouldn’t be in this mess!
Add to it that the democrat party is also fighting against each other and it's clear why Trump will win in 2020. One fool with 1000 votes wins over 8 bright men and women with 900 votes.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I used to think the same of Obama's supporters.....yet I knew they couldn't possibly ALL be stupid. MAGA !!
Anyone who voted for him, voted because these two words Mexicans and Muslims. If someone claims other reason they are lying.
I like Mexicans. I speak their language and i admire their many good ways. I also like Muslims but more cautiously because religion makes me nervous. Just look at some of the Christians, so called, we have here in USA.
What's wrong with Mexicans and Muslims?
And now you got caught in the hailstorm while trying to escape the rain, ha?
I find it amusing that none of the folks who back him have ever asked to see photos or video of his magnificent wall he has been building for over a year now. They just take him at face value.
In this way people believe both, what he shows and what he says… more clever than this :D :D :D :D
I don't understand it either.
What's even worse is when people that voted against him because they saw all his campaign promises as lies are suddenly jumping on the Trump train because they believe his new outrageous pack of lies. Nothing has changed people.
Miss Cris..Trumpeteers are afraid of Mexicans and Muslims because their parents never taught them this thing called acceptance and understanding. Many of them are either the older generation or the white supremacists that never got over losing to the 14th Amendment.
Inbreeding.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
You make no sense.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Behold Trump!....your Daddy until January 2025. MAGA !
You wish!
I laugh because they are funny and yet I shed a few tears because this is the president. This wouldn't even be a realistic plot in VEEP.
Sadly, Mad Magazine is gone.
Yes, mad magazine would have had a great time with trump, we can only imagine !!!
-but madness lingers on.
I hear he has all but put The Onion out of business....
Trump, the sharpiest US president ever!
Poor Sharpies, saddled with a legacy beyond their control.
The MAGA people are selling Sharpies with tRUMP's name on them! Maybe even "Presidential" Gold Plated ones I think... Unbelievable.
For one moment there I thought you were going to say "Trump, not the sharpiest tool in the shed"
Martata, best comment yet! To heck with the negative trolls. LOL