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Greta Thunberg Stares at Donald Trump refers to a viral video of climate activist Greta Thunberg looking at President Donald Trump as he passed her at the United Nations Climate Summit. Shots captured by news media of Thunberg staring at President Trump inspired a series of GIFs and image macro memes.

Origin

On September 23rd, 2019, climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a speech before the U.N. climate summit. During the event, President Trump passed through the summit on his way to a U.N. summit on religious freedom. As he passed Thunberg, cameras captured Thunberg glaring at Trump (shown below).

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Following the post, people on Twitter began sharing GIFs of the moment. For example, Twitter user @mrvndn tweeted the GIF with the caption "I felt that." Within 24 hours, the tweet received in more than 19,000 likes and 4,900 retweets (shown below).

I felt that pic.twitter.com/0uuYf94COb

— marv (@mrvndn) September 23, 2019

That day, others shared the GIF with various captions. Twitter user @sbstryker tweeted, "Greta Thunberg’s glare at Donald Trump is giving me the energy to get through this Monday." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 38,000 likes and 8,000 retweets (shown below).

Greta Thunberg’s glare at Donald Trump is giving me the energy to get through this Monday pic.twitter.com/xdM0rdI2ln

— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) September 23, 2019

That day, Redditor ^[1] Brooklynbeardo shared the GIF on the /r/gifs subreddit. Within 24 hours, the post received more than 53,000 points (69% upvoted) and 3,200 likes.

On September 24th, Redditor^[2] yourboystopit shared an object-labeled meme in the /r/memes subreddit. The post received more than 7,100 points (97% upvoted) and 115 comments in less than 24 hours (shown below, left). Redditor^[3] itashadublish shared a variation of the Don't Dead Open Inside meme, receiving more than 7,500 points (95% upvoted) and 95 comments in 24 hours (shown below, right).

Several media outlets covered the moment, including The Daily Dot, ^[4] Mashable, ^[5] BuzzFeed ^[6] and more.

Various Examples

I guess he only pays attention to teen girls when they’re in a pageant dressing room pic.twitter.com/v1EN0ufwxu

— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) September 23, 2019

Prepare yourselves for a meme that will be run into the ground for days to come. pic.twitter.com/Ed3ssuuDgl

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) September 23, 2019

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