The
Trump
administration’s
penchant
for
announcing
or
celebrating
its
various
dumbass
policies
via
pop
culture
video
game
memes
marches
on,
it
seems.
We
talked
about
this
sort
of
thing
previously
when
the
administration
built
an
ICE
recruitment
video
to
mimic
the
intro
to
the Pokémon cartoon
show
(gotta
catch
’em
all…
get
it?),
as
well
as
ICE
recruiting
memes
utilizing
imagery
from
the Halo series
of
games
(aliens…
get
it?).
Despite
the
blatant
and
obvious
use
of
imagery
and
IP
from
both
games,
both
Nintendo
and
Microsoft
were
remarkably
silent
about
it
all.
What’s
wrong,
guys?
Fascist
got
your
tongue?
But
because
they
couldn’t
be
bothered
to
lift
a
finger
over
what
is
a
pretty
clear
infringement
of
their
trademarks
and/or
copyright,
the
administration
was
emboldened
and
has
done
it
again.
This
time
it’s
in
service
of
announcing
something
more
tame,
the
reintroduction
of
whole
milk
into
schools.
And
the
administration
did
so
by mocking
up
an
image from beloved
farming
sim Stardew
Valley.
So,
here
we
have
an
undoubtedly
AI
mock-up
of
an
image
from Stardew
Valley,
a
game
I
personally
adore,
with
Trump
inserted
to
celebrate
this
minor
thing
that
RFK
Jr.’s
crew
championed
out
of
Congress.
Is
whole
milk
in
schools
some
horrible
thing?
Look,
I
only
have
so
much
anger
to
spare,
folks,
and
I’m
not
killing
the
budget
by
spending
it
on
this.
But
I
do
have
to
wonder
if
developer
Concerned
Ape
will
do
what
Nintendo
and
Microsoft
did
not
and
voice
some
flavor
of
objection
to
the
use
of
its
IP
by
an
administration
busy
doing
the
fascism
elsewhere.
While
IP
enforcement
isn’t
generally
my
kink,
I
sure
as
shit
wouldn’t
want my IP
associated
with
Trump.
On
that,
we’ll
have
to
wait
and
see
just
how
concerned
the
ape
can
get,
I
suppose.
But
there’s
also
a
nice
little
shitpost
easter
egg
buried
in
that
image.
Take
a
look
at
the
money
counter
in
the
upper
right
corner
of
the
image.
Trump
was
the
45th
President,
claims
he
won
the
2020
election
and
should
have
been
the
46th
President,
he is the
47th
President,
and
he’s
flirted
with
the
idea
that
he
shouldn’t
be
bound
by
silly
bullshit
like
our
Constitution
and
should
be
allowed
another
term
and
become
the
48th
President.
45464748…
get
it?
I
do,
and
it’s
frightening
rhetoric
that
is
designed
to
do
one
of
two
things.
The
more
innocuous
option
is
that
Trump
and
his
cadre
of
imps
enjoys
upsetting
more
than
half
of
the
American
population
by
scaring
them
into
thinking
he’s
going
to
upend
our
rule
of
law
and
stay
in
office.
It’s
cruel.
It’s
designed
purely
to
cause
emotional
reactions
and
“lib
tears.”
It’s
on
brand.
Or
it’s
a
somewhat
subtle
nod
that
he’s
not
fucking
around
about
that
at
all
and
intends
to
stay
in
power
(again)
despite
how
our
system
is
legally
designed
to
work.
Trump
is
the
45th
and
47th
president
of
the
United
States,
and
has
held
onto
the
debunked
claims
that
he
won
the
presidency
against
Joe
Biden
in
2020.
He
has
also
publicly
said
he’s open
to
a
third
term,
which
would
be
in violation
of
the
22nd
amendment,
but
Trump
doesn’t
seem
to
think
the
law
applies
to
him.
Steve
Bannon,
the
ex-chief-strategist
of
the
Trump
administration,
has
also
said
that
Trump will
have
a
third
term,
while
also reportedly
planning
to
run
himself.
So
these
numbers
seem
to
be
a
thinly
veiled
threat
that
Trump
wants
to
be
president
again
in
2028.
These
people
aren’t
funny,
but
they
are
dangerous.
Even
if
this
wasn’t
meant
to
be
taken
seriously,
there
is
no
choice
but
to
do
so.
Meanwhile,
we’ll
see
if
Concerned
Ape
acts
against
the
use
of
its
IP,
as
I
think
it
probably
should.
Trump
Continues
To
Use
Pop
Culture
Memes
Without
Permission,
This
Time
With
A
3rd
Term
Easter
Egg
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