What's that up in the sky?
It's a bird!
It's a plane!
It's a banner flying over former Republican President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence mocking him for getting raided by the FBI.
That was the scene Wednesday at Mar-a-Lago after someone hired a plane to pull a banner over Trump's residence just days after the FBI searched his home and seized several boxes of documents believed to contain classified documents that pose a threat to national security.
And since Trump might be in *a lot* of trouble—like federal offense-level trouble—the banner's message was short and sweet.
It read:
"HA HA HA HA HA HA."
See video of the stunt below.
\u201cHere is video of our banner saying HAHAHA flying over Mar-a-Lago today. This is how you treat wannabe authoritarians like Trump. You ridicule and mock them.\u201d— Thomas Kennedy (@Thomas Kennedy) 1660177015
The gag was pulled by Thomas Kennedy, a writer and Democratic organizer from Miami.
He and some friends raised $1800 to have a pilot pull the banner over Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, two days after the Monday morning raid.
Making the stunt even funnier is the fact that at that point, we didn't even know anything about the gravity of the situation—the FBI had yet to speak out about the raid.
It wasn't until the following day that we found out the FBI was specifically seeking not only classified material, but top-secret documents pertaining to America's nuclear weapons program—both potential felonies.
But even without those details, it was already obvious that "HA HA HA HA HA HA" pretty much said it all--to many it felt like the first domino falling in the collapse of Trump's dictatorial ambitions.
Kennedy obliquely referenced this in his tweet, writing:
"Here is video of our banner saying HAHAHA flying over Mar-a-Lago today."
"This is how you treat wannabe authoritarians like Trump. You ridicule and mock them."
And people on Twitter were absolutely here for it.
\u201c@tomaskenn Aww...why are you being so hard on Trump? He's been through so much. It can't be easy when you break the law your entire life and and now to finally have to be held accountable.\u201d— Thomas Kennedy (@Thomas Kennedy) 1660177015
\u201c@tomaskenn Hahahahahahahhahaha!!!!! HAAHAHAHAHAHA! Be sure to let others know who you used for the banner so they can do one as well. What is the cost? Details please.\u201d— Thomas Kennedy (@Thomas Kennedy) 1660177015
\u201c@tomaskenn That is absolutely how you treat authoritarian, criminal narcissists.\u201d— Thomas Kennedy (@Thomas Kennedy) 1660177015
\u201c@tomaskenn @feelfreedom2020\u201d— Thomas Kennedy (@Thomas Kennedy) 1660177015
\u201c@tomaskenn I would so donate to have this banner follow him everywhere, everyday-even over his prison.\u201d— Thomas Kennedy (@Thomas Kennedy) 1660177015
\u201c@tomaskenn Where do I send my share of the gas money? Gotta do my part.\u201d— Thomas Kennedy (@Thomas Kennedy) 1660177015
\u201cThis is burn \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25level master trolling and I love it!\u201d— Dr. LiverpoolLover\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6 (@Dr. LiverpoolLover\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6) 1660179665
\u201cHoly crap this is EPIC!!!\n\n#HAHAHA\u201d— Michael Westby (@Michael Westby) 1660249535
\u201cWhoever did this, thank you. Trolling at the highest level\u201d— CTS \ud83e\udd86\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf8 (@CTS \ud83e\udd86\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf8) 1660232563
\u201chow it's done\n\ntake notes\u201d— \u0279 u\u0250p \ud83e\uddc0\ud83d\udc89\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf65 (@\u0279 u\u0250p \ud83e\uddc0\ud83d\udc89\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf65) 1660181724
In an interview with USA Today, Kennedy elaborated further on why he and his friends pulled the stunt.
“We thought it would be funny."
"From our perspective, Trump is a bully and we wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine.”
Money well spent.
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