Donald Trump Has Finally Posted A ‘Racist’ Tweet About Obama

 November 8th, 2016 will go down in history for all the wrong reasons.  My mom excitedly ran into my bedroom that morning to tell me Donald  Trump was now the 45th President of the United States of America. For  some insane reason, she thought the former reality star would be fit to  rule our country. When I stepped out into the world that November morning, it seemed  different. TVs were being played so loud that the Donald’s voice could  be heard echoing everywhere. I felt like I’d woken up in 1984, and he was now Big Brother. My gay Mexican friend said it was only a matter of time before she was deported. 

 President Trump has proven himself to be an incredibly divisive figure.  Since he was sworn into office this January, he attempted to have the  infamous “Muslim ban” put in place, banned transgender people from  serving in the military, and tweeted a lot of extremely questionable  statements.

 It is no secret that President Trump has some controversial views on  immigration, but until August 24th, 2017 he had not blatantly tweeted  anything that could obviously be classed as “racist”. America is known  as the great melting pot, and it’s unsettling to say the least that many  citizens feel our leader is discriminating against someone based on the  color of their skin.

 On the subject of color, there is one hue that eclipses all others when  it comes to being associated with President Trump, and his recent  retweet about Obama is a testament to the fact that orange really is not  the new black. But Twitter, true to form, was quick to jump to former  President Obama’s defense

 The solar eclipse on August 21st of this year was a talking point  around the US, with tens of thousands of people stepping outside to see  it. In fact, it was even dubbed, “the Great American Eclipse”, as it was  not a total eclipse outside of America. Before it took place, NASA  issued the following statement about the importance of wearing glasses: ”Looking directly at the sun is unsafe except during the brief total  phase of a solar eclipse (‘totality’) when the moon entirely blocks the  sun’s bright face, which will happen only within the narrow path of  totality.” President Trump, however, believed that he was above the laws of  science and physics and decided to look directly at the eclipse anyway.

 The resulting footage went viral around the world, with many  criticizing President Trump’s foolish decision to look at the  eclipse. Fox News’ Shep Smith even joked that it represented a rare  chance for the First Lady Melania to escape her husband. Whilst President Trump has not directly responded to the worldwide  criticizm about his decision to look at the eclipse, he retweeted a  deplorable meme about it that many believed confirmed once and for all  that he is a racist. How? By implying that the light of his orange has  outshone Obama’s black skin.

 Now, many have questioned how on Earth the tweet could be regarded as  racist, as there is no mention of skin color or races anywhere. But  other Twitter users believe they have read between the lines, and know  exactly what Trump is trying to say about a white person eclipsing a  black person. Almost instantaneously, Twitter was quick to jump to the former  president’s defence. This user of the popular social media website  suggested what ”The Best Eclipse Ever” would actually look like with a  different meme:
Others pointed out that in an eclipse, the moon blacks out the sun and  plunges the world into darkness, and not the other way around.  Therefore, President Trump had unknowingly said that Obama was a better  leader than him.

 Naturally, a meme was created to depict what so many Americans were thinking about the president’s controversial retweet:

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