So Trump reportedly revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and paola oliveira video sexeambassador during a meeting last week, as you do.
The U.S. press was barred from the meeting -- only their Russian counterparts were invited, naturally -- but multiple officials revealed the news to the Washington Postfor a report published Monday.
SEE ALSO: Of course there are a whole bunch of Trump tweets about how bad it is to mishandle classified intelThe news was met with various shades of dismay and disappointment from pretty much every quarter as the enormity of Trump's latest actions set in.
@washingtonpost What the fucking fuck.
— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) May 15, 2017
However, the internet was on hand as ever to assuage some of our existential fear with the usual buffet of GIFs, quips and LOLs.
The Daily Show quickly fired off an excellent tweetstorm that really needs to be read in its native setting to be appreciated while Trump's old tweets on the topic came back to bite him in the ass.
The Twitter wit then came thick and fast to normalizecontextualize Trump's boo boo.
There were echoes of Trump's 'locker room banter'
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Hillary featured in a common refrain
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Some people took the opportunity to make not-at-all-scary nuclear jokes
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Others pulled out a screenshot from Trump's 'Home Alone 2' cameo
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
The dream of impeachment was alive and well
@washingtonpost So..Should Donald Trump be impeached for sharing highly classified information with Russian diplomats? pic.twitter.com/UidBVdEmzZ
— ロリロンドン (@Lorrilondon) May 15, 2017
There was wordplay
@washingtonpost he takes the class out of classified
— SP!R!T AN!MAL! (@SpiritAnimalUS) May 15, 2017
Lots of wordplay
@SpiritAnimalUS @washingtonpost More like he puts the "ass" in classified...makes an ass of America & our democracy!
— College of Style (@CollegeOfStyle) May 15, 2017
And GIFs galore
@washingtonpost democracy be like pic.twitter.com/lYKKjiHG1t
— Spencer Dukoff (@SpencerDukoff) May 15, 2017
Oh how we laughed.
Send help.
Featured Video For You
Trump's outrageous insults throughout his campaign