About

Donald Trump Jr, Chocolate Bunny Interview refers to an image macro series based on a viral photograph of United States president Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., being interviewed by a reporter who is blocked by a chocolate bunny. Because of the angle, it appears as though the bunny is interviewing Trump.

Origin

On March 12th, 2018, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photographer Andrew Rush tweeted ^[1] a photograph of Donald Trump Jr. being interviewed at a Pennsylvania candy factory. However, because a chocolate bunny was blocking the interviewer, the photograph features an optical illusion in which it appears that the bunny is interviewing Trump. Rush captioned the photograph, "This is the danger of campaigning at a candy factory. #PA18." The post (shown below) received more than 5,500 retweets and 20,000 likes in 24 hours.

Spread

Shortly after the tweet went viral, people began to retweet the image and adding various captions. That day, Twitter^[2] @ziwe tweeted the photograph and added the caption, "'did YOU frame roger rabbit?'" The post (shown below, left) received more than 445 retweets and 2,270 likes in 24 hours. New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff tweeted,^[3] "When you definitely didn’t take a meeting to dig up dirt on Marshmallow Peeps." The post (shown below, center) received more than 360 retweets and 1,700 likes in 24 hours.

Additionally, Twitter^[4] user @darth photoshopped the image, so that the bunny's and Trump's head are switched. The post (shown below, right) received more than 500 retweets and 3,400 likes in 24 hours.

That day, Donald Trump Jr. commented about the picture on Twitter.^[5] He said, "The chocolate rabbit gave a hard hitting interview and was delicious afterwards." The post (shown below) received more than 1,700 retweets and 8,000 likes in 24 hours.

That day, Twitter^[6] published a Moments page about the popularity of the photograph. Additionally, several media outlets covered the meme, including TIME,^[7] HuffPost,^[8] The Hill^[9] and more.

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