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The Wall Is Coming is a photoshopped image featuring a picture of "Donald Trump": accompanied by the caption "The Wall Is Coming" written in a Game of Thrones-themed font, referencing Donald Trump's Wall and the phrase "Winter Is Coming".

Origin

On January 5th, 2019, Trump posted the photoshopped image on Twitter,^[1] where it received upwards of 234,000 likes and 71,600 retweets within 48 hours (shown below).

Spread

In response to the tweet, writer Lauren Duca replied "The wall specifically didn't work in that show, idiot" (shown below, left). Over the next 48 hours, Duca's tweet gained over 4,200 likes and 450 retweets.^[4] Meanwhile, writer Jess Dweck replied to Trump's tweet with the message "You have never made anything come," accumulating more than 108,000 likes and 10,600 retweets in two days (shown below, right).^[5]

On January 6th, filmmaker Jeremy Newberger tweeted^[6] a mock conservation between Trump and an aide regarding Game of Thrones (shown below).

"Enough With the Memes"

That day, New York Senator Chuck Schumer replied to the tweet with the message "Enough with the memes" (shown below).^[2] Over the next two days, the tweet garnered upwards of 106,000 likes and 21,700 retweets.

On January 6th, Fox News posted a photograph of Schumer along with the tweet quote to Facebook^[3] (shown below, left). The day, Redditor Gunslinger1776 submitted a photoshopped picture of Trump looking at the picture on his desk to /r/The_Donald (shown below, right).

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