Before meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister May Friday, President Trump took a seat in Winston Churchill’s chair at Chequers. Chequers is the official country home of the Prime Minister. Press secretary Sarah Sanders took a photo of Trump sitting gingerly in the chair.
.@POTUS sits in Winston Churchill’s chair as a guest of Prime Minister May at Chequers. pic.twitter.com/Wv2nrLMnQP
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) July 13, 2018
As is the case with many seemingly harmless things the President does, however, the photo hit a nerve on the left. Twitter users called it the “top five worst photos I’ve ever seen” and called Trump a Nazi.
This is easily one of the top five worst photos I’ve ever seen https://t.co/tob9UpTyRl
— Nicholas Hautman (@nickhautman) July 13, 2018
From one racist piece of shit to something even worse. https://t.co/k2NvDy0m4f
— feck off home, trump (@MikeDiver) July 13, 2018
I hope the ghost of Winston Churchill rips Donald Trump’s nazi cock off. https://t.co/7sRz9I4Etc
— Hilary Mitchell (@Hilary_W) July 13, 2018
Churchill was a good man. Trump, not so much. https://t.co/8RNzLAvMDq
— Euan Rellie (@euanrellie) July 13, 2018
“It would be a measureless disaster if Russian barbarism overlaid the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe.” –– Winston Churchill https://t.co/InTcYmXr9j
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) July 13, 2018
Awfully big chair for such a small man. https://t.co/gLxi0WtsIW
— Fernando Espuelas (@EspuelasVox) July 13, 2018
The Darkest Hour https://t.co/cegM4ju8R7
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) July 13, 2018
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this piece incorrectly states that Chequers was the home of Winston Churchill. It is the official country home of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.