President Donald Trump retweeted an image showing himself completely blocking out predecessor Barack Obama in the ‘best eclipse ever’ – from a man who has railed online about jews and posted about the ‘fake’ dangers of staring at the sun.
The man who sent it to Trump, who goes by Jerry Travone, previously tweeted that ‘We have enough of these jews where I live lol’ in response to an article about jews preparing to leave Great Britain.
The image capitalizes on the the eclipse frenzy from Monday, and shows a series of pictures of a smiling Trump moving to obscure black and white picture of the nation’s first African-American president.
In the images, Obama is seen grimacing with his eyes cast downward. The series of pictures show smiling, color images of Trump slowly replacing Obama, putting the Obama era behind him.
The president retweeted the image, by Twitter user Jerry Travone, without comment.
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TOTAL ECLIPSE: The president retweeted an image of him completely blocking out his predecessor, Barack Obama
One problem with the eclipse comparison from Trump’s perspective is that it would appear to cast Obama as the sun, with Trump serving as the smaller celestial body blocking its rays from the earth.
Travone, who sent the ‘eclipse image’ to Trump in response to a tweet about the debt ceiling, describes himself as a ‘YouTube Actor and Political Junkie’ and a ‘Proud Trump supporter’ who does ‘pushback against liberalism.’
In a tweet just four days before he wrote Trump, he offered a response to an article about jews leaving the United Kingdom amid antisemitism.
Travone’s response: ‘We have enough of these jews where I live lol someone else take them . They just can’t drive.’ According to his Facebook page, he lives in New Jersey.
An image posted by Travone on Instagram does a send-up on the film ‘Saving Private Ryan’ by turning it into ‘changing ryan’s privates,’ which is described as a ‘Barry Obama clusterf—.’
The president retweeted that eclipse image from Twitter user Jerry Travone
Travone retweeted an article about jews leaving the U.S. due to anti-Semitism, responding: ‘We have enough of these jews where I live lol someone else take them’
It mocks Obama’s transgender military policy – which Trump announced on Twitter he was ending – and announces a ‘cast’ of Cailtlyn Jenner, Kristen Beck, and Chelsea Manning, who are pictured in military garb, as is Obama.
Travone also previously retweeted a post skeptical of the ability of an eclipse to do damage to eyesight.
‘If a solar eclips blocks the sun then how come you get blinded by looking directly towards it its fake,’ said the post, which had images of a hand blocking a sun between each word.
The post was from August 21, the day of the eclipse.
In an online interview, Travone declined to disclose his real name for ‘privacy reasons.’
He said the posts about jews and the eclipse did not reflect his actual views.
‘No those are not my views just an emotional expression,’ he said.
‘I was referring to lakewood New Jersey and the horrible drivers of that town and that happens to be mostly Jewish people that live there . Very dangerous place to drive through.’ Then he added: ‘I have many Jewish friends and I love the fact that the United States and Israel are so close now, it’s good for the world.’
‘As for the looking into the sun comment that I retweeted I thought that would get some conversations going,’ he said.
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT: Twitter user Jerry Travone retweeted a post calling the idea that an eclipse can cause blindness ‘fake’
Travone also retweeted a fake movie poster that turned ‘Saving Private Ryan’ into ‘changing ryan’s privates’ in a take on military transgender policy
Travone retweeted an image that was modified to make it look like President Trump was making an obscene gesture
Of the eclipse meme, he says he found it online a day ago and saved it for the perfect moment.
‘I was trying to say that Donald J Trump’s spirit and love for this country eclipses anyone and anything,’ he said.
Trump has made little secret of his feelings about Obama over there years.
Trump rose to political fame by questioning the birth origins of Obama, who was born in Hawaii.
Trump vowed to undo Obama’s chief legislative accomplishments, including a repeal of Obamacare – something Trump has not yet been able to do, prompting his angry complaints about Republicans controlling Congress.
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Donald Trump looks at eclipse at White House on August 21, 2017 without protective eyewear
Donald Trump looks at eclipse at White House on August 21, 2017 with first lady Melania Trump
President Trump, Melania Trump, and Ivanka Trump during the eclipse
He has repeatedly said he inherited a ‘mess’ from his predecessor, and tried to reverse many of his policies through executive orders.
Travone had sent the image to Trump in response to an early tweet about the nation’s debt ceiling. That was also a bit of an Obama throwback, as Obama contended with repeated clashes with Republicans over the issue.