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Thanos Creator Epically Slams Trump Campaign For Using 'Mass Murderer' In Impeachment Meme
11 December 2019
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images, Marvel Studios
Trump War Room โ the name of Donald Trump's 2020 campaign team's Twitter account โ used a Marvel supervillain to personify the President in a super awkward video.
In the video posted on Tuesday, Trump's mug was superimposed over Thanos in footage from Avengers: Endgame.
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<strong>Before snapping his fingers and eviscerating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats, Trump's Thanos declared:</strong><br>
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<em>"I am inevitable."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="4b4e0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="GK0F3C1576098338"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204503645607333888" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">House Democrats can push their sham impeachment all they want.
President Trump's re-election is ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. https://t.co/O7o02S26nS</div> โ Trump War Room (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@Trump War Room (Text TRUMP to 88022))<a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/statuses/1204503645607333888">1576011022.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Thanos, a murderous Titan, attempted to restore balance to the overpopulated universe by wiping out half the population from existence.
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This was achieved with the snap of his fingers by wearing the Infinity Gauntlet embedded with six powerful stones.
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The tweet comes as Democrats in the House of Representatives are moving forward in Trump's impeachment process.<br>
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But what Trump's campaign team failed to realize was the fact that Thanos' victory was short-lived.
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<strong>By using Thanos as a subtle threat to annihilate Trump's political opponents, his campaign team compared Donald Trump to being a mass murderer.<br>
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</p><div id="69f48" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5BZIC71576098338"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204636493861605376" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I feel the need to apologize to Jim Starlin for how sick and twisted this is. I don't know who approved this, but tโฆ https://t.co/AWZdbwaZ2W</div> โ Jennifer Unger (@Jennifer Unger)<a href="https://twitter.com/jujiecat/statuses/1204636493861605376">1576042695.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="735ba" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="N6JGVY1576098339"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204528480106340352" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TrumpWarRoom So Trump is Thanos and the Democrats are the Avengers trying to restore democracy that evil Republicaโฆ https://t.co/VTa5W1cn7x</div> โ Eugene Gu, MD (@Eugene Gu, MD)<a href="https://twitter.com/eugenegu/statuses/1204528480106340352">1576016943.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="4aa20" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="GRFSQG1576098339"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204511404306391041" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TrumpWarRoom You've made Trump a supervillain and depicted him in the scene where his plan to kill everyone in theโฆ https://t.co/1YgFwgug71</div> โ Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse)<a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/statuses/1204511404306391041">1576012872.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Comic artist and co-creator of Thanos, Jim Starlin, commented on the Trump campaign's egregious co-opting of the Marvel character and called the President a "pompous fool."<br></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p>
<strong>Starlin told <em><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thanos-trump-campaign-video_n_5df02866e4b01e0f2956294e" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a></em>:</strong><br>
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<em>"After my initial feeling of being violated, seeing that pompous fool using my creation to stroke his infantile ego, it finally struck me that the leader of my country and the free world actually enjoys comparing himself to a mass murderer." </em>
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<em>"How sick is that?" </em>
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<strong>Comic fans were here for Starlin.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="a267e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="K7K0QW1576098339"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204697856730206214" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">As a comic book reader throughout my youth and a big fan of Jim Starlin's work, I am very happy to see that him speโฆ https://t.co/MHJevNV533</div> โ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (@๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐)<a href="https://twitter.com/shadygrove/statuses/1204697856730206214">1576057325.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="ff9bf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="MV9YJJ1576098339"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204604314641145856" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CultureCrave @Dalton0624 @THR Jim snapped back</div> โ pres10 #Bernie2020 (@pres10 #Bernie2020)<a href="https://twitter.com/FrozunYogert/statuses/1204604314641145856">1576035023.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="73b64" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="85JW9F1576098339"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204619482783727616" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CultureCrave @THR Jim spoke the truth</div> โ Angel Pรฉrez (@Angel Pรฉrez)<a href="https://twitter.com/uncleyetibacca/statuses/1204619482783727616">1576038640.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="ec091" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="NK2P761576098339"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204657315607126016" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CultureCrave @Xinthus @THR Standing ovation for Mr Starlin https://t.co/7TMrWvmMJW</div> โ ๐ Nami Izunia ๐ Huawei stan ๐ ๐ (@๐ Nami Izunia ๐ Huawei stan ๐ ๐)<a href="https://twitter.com/seekernami/statuses/1204657315607126016">1576047660.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<strong>The video sparked a discussion on Republicans deliberately embracing their villainy. </strong><br>
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</p><div id="54e93" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6TNTR31576098340"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204572327431811073" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@WajahatAli Iโve been thinking about the Donald-as-Thanos thing and canโt help wondering if Republicans and Trump sโฆ https://t.co/S3Ur1ljTLr</div> โ Auntie Oh No (@Auntie Oh No)<a href="https://twitter.com/AuntieOhNo/statuses/1204572327431811073">1576027397.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f7c91" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="INCKE71576098340"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204522794471395328" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@ParkerMolloy @TrumpWarRoom I am really, finally, sadly coming to terms with something truly heartbreaking. Trump sโฆ https://t.co/7dw9IhcHns</div> โ RJ๐บ๐ธ (@RJ๐บ๐ธ)<a href="https://twitter.com/RJLvegas/statuses/1204522794471395328">1576015587.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Starlin, 70, drew and submitted illustrations for comics during his off duty time while serving as an aviation photographer in the US Navy in Vietnam.<br></p><p>
His first job with Marvel after joining the comics industry in 1972 was as a finisher on pages of <em>The Amazing Spider-Man.<br>
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He subsequently drew three issues for <em>Iron Man</em>, which introduced Thanos.<br>
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<strong>Starlin ended his <em>HuffPo</em> statement with a glimmer of hope.</strong>
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<em>"These are sad and strange times we are going through. Fortunately all things, even national nightmares, eventually come to an end."</em>
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We are all waiting for the day.<br>
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<em><a href="https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-trump-campaign-has-compared-the-president-to-thanos-1840349186" target="_blank"> Gizmodo</a></em> is currently waiting for a response after pressing Disney โ which owns Marvel Entertainment LLC โ for the use of their intellectual property by Trump's team.<br>
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