Here’s the thing: when a tweet appears from @realDonaldTrump, there’s little doubt that it came straight from the real Donald Trump — a fact that drives all liberals crazy and makes half of conservatives nervous.
But you never really did know with Barack Obama just who was tweeting. The @POTUS account was a committee effort, and @BarackObama actually belonged to and was run by former campaign staffers, with a “-BO” indicating it was the man himself speaking.
So is this a heartfelt birthday message straight from Barack Obama to his brother Joe Biden, or another message carefully crafted by a group of political staffers. Fans of Obama don’t seem to care; some of them admit to being too busy crying to notice.
ME: Joe, about halfway through the speech, I’m gonna wish you a happy birth–
BIDEN: IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!
ME: Joe.Happy birthday to @JoeBiden, my brother and the best vice president anybody could have. pic.twitter.com/sKbXjNiEjH
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 20, 2017
CAN YOU PLEASE COME BACK NOW DAD https://t.co/H5ogjWrYia
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 20, 2017
Not bad, racking up more than half-a-million likes within three hours.
Amazing https://t.co/8DPKmYjL95
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 20, 2017
Have we reached meme singularity? https://t.co/xN4UfMNbwr
— On Hiatus (@Sadzocracy) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Caro_Normandy/status/932694209580105733
We think Obama got there earlier than this; say, about the time he was interviewed by the green-lipped YouTube star who bathes in Cheerios, or when he slow-jammed the news, or when he literally dropped the mic at Nerd Prom.
https://twitter.com/emjenn/status/932697966292414471
tfw the meme is well executed https://t.co/V1J9SmJ4DV
— Aaron Sankin (@ASankin) November 20, 2017
HE'S DOING THE MEME. https://t.co/uhaTOC8ar3
— Tracy Hahn-Burkett (@THahnBurkett) November 20, 2017
OBAMA DID THE LIQUID SWORDS MEME!!!
— Carsmile Steve (@CarsmileSteve) November 20, 2017
am I crazy or did Obama do an homage to the LIQUID SWORDS tweet here? https://t.co/BRd3Mcv7I9
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 20, 2017
you spelled “liquid swords” wrong https://t.co/9dycKWUC8P
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 20, 2017
For what it’s worth, here’s the “Liquid Swords” meme everyone’s talking about:
https://twitter.com/patbcaruana/status/908176625845510145
Obama created his own Biden meme! My favorite bromance ever. <3 https://t.co/nslZGimKnj
— Belle ? Resists (@BelleResist) November 20, 2017
This man tweeted a meme, nothing but respect for the REAL president https://t.co/Z30SFAiD4c
— ? ????? (@skarslmj) November 20, 2017
Dang, Obama tweets a meme and America goes nuts. Trump tweets a CNN/fake news meme and …
Barack understands memes.
He also makes quality memes.
He might just be the greatest president ever. https://t.co/EHvLrT2Oke
— Thelonious Martin™ (@KingThelonious) November 20, 2017
Greatest president ever? Nice, but we’re sticking with our original suspicion:
https://twitter.com/Communism_Kills/status/932687513860403206
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