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Obama’s Portrait Quickly Satirized by Internet Silliness: Twitter Funnies

Complaint #1:

It’s just not presidential.

 

Complaint #2:

His hands are too big, there’s a sixth finger growing out of his left hand, and his thumb is backwards:

Complaint #3:

The artist painted a sperm on his head (sorry I just don’t see it, but apparently even Sean Hannity threw this one out in a since deleted blog post):

Complaint #4:

He wants to look like a dictator or just Homer Simpson:

 

Complaint #5:

The artist hates “whitey”:

No complaints, just parodies:

 

 

And, predictably, Trump comes in to fix it:

***Parody Tweet***

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