Tag: obama
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Donald Trump Claims Finland ‘Rakes’ Their Forests To Prevent Fires, And Here Are The Best Responses In Images
Finnish people aren't really known for their sense of humor. These famously introverted Nordic folk have an often dark and sarcastic take on things, and most of their jokes have something to do with drinking, a favorite pastime, or poking fun at their equally odd neighbors, the Swedes. However, the antics of Donald Trump have…
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Images That Will Make Trump Regret Canceling WWI Cemetery Visit Because Of Rain
President Donald Trump is currently under fire after he canceled his visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery to honor the fallen U.S. soldiers from the battle of Belleau Wood buried in the French cemetery. The ceremony was conducted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The White House commented on…
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Father Illustrates His Kids Lunch Bags Every Day to Make Them Feel Special
Artist Lynell Jinks isn’t your ordinary father. He spends hours every morning drawing on his kids lunch bags to give them an extra special treat at lunch time. He’s done it for a number of years, but it was only when Former President Barack Obama posted it on instagram that it got international attention: “Now…
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Artists From Around the World Illustrate Their Feelings on the New Administration
It happened. The inauguration has come and gone and Donald Trump has taken over from Barack Obama as the President of the United States of America. The world has responded with their well wishes, support, protests, tweets and predictions as to how big Trump’s inauguration audience was. Artists have also given their varied opinions, in…
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Trump Tweets Photo of Himself Writing His Inauguration Speech. The Internet’s Response is Priceless
Love him, hate him, or be completely indifferent about him, Donald Trump is everywhere right now. So when he tweeted a posed photograph of himself writing the inauguration speech he will give when he is sworn is as the 45th President of the United States of America on Friday, the interwebs did what the interwebs does.…
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Stunning Ballet Dancers Make Mexico City Their Stage in Photo Series
At the start of his presidential election campaign, Donald Trump insisted that “when Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best.” Those words, along with many other comments about the people of Mexico and minorities around the world, have shocked many. Inspired by these words, New York-based photographer Omar Robles embarked on a 13-day excursion to Mexico City in…
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White House Photographer Reveals His Favourite Photos Of Barack Obama
The election has been run and won, and like it or love it, America has a new president in Donald Trump. Barack Obama will serve his last day in office on January 20, 2017, after taking the reins from George W. Bush in 2009. During his eight years of presidency, The White House’s photographer Pete…
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It’s a Halloween Donald Trumpkin!
Jeanette Paras of Dublin, Ohio, is known locally for her elaborate Halloween pumpkin decorations. In 2013, she used paint, wigs, felt, and a sprig of holly to create a Christmas-themed tableau starring Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty and singer Miley Cyrus. In 2012, a 334-pound squash became “Naughty Prince Harry.” But little has prepared Ohio—nay, the world— for this year’s hyper-topical…
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Artist Photographs Politicians Packaged in Meat Trays
Following on from our very popular and controversial post about an artist who depicts world leaders sitting on the toilet (see HERE), along comes Saint Hoax, a pseudonymous Middle Eastern artist. Infatuated by the element of pop, Hoax works with both tangible and digital mediums to recreate a world based on visual lies. Combining pop art with tyrants…
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Artist Paints World Leaders on the Toilet…
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, Italian artist Cristina Guggeri comes along and blows it out of the water with her latest series called Il Dovere Quotidiano, or “The Daily Duty”. In this series, Guggeri sets out to ‘humanize’ the world’s leaders by imaging what they might look like on the toilet. And she’s…