Trump/Romney Dinner Photo
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The Trump/Romney Dinner Photo refers to a series of jokes about a photograph of Mitt Romney and President-elect Donald Trump eating dinner.
Origin
On November 29th, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump met with Mitt Romney and Reince Priebus at Jean-Georges, a restaurant located in the New York City Trump Tower, to discuss Romney potentially being Trump's Secretary of State.[1] Romney was an outspoken critic of Trump during the 2016 United States Presidential Election campaign, and Trump had mocked Romney's failure during the 2012 United States Presidential Election. Photographer Drew Angerer took a picture of the dinner in which Romney is turned toward the camera with a small smile while Trump is seen lit from below, smiling (shown below).
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The photograph struck many as awkward, especially considering the two men's animosity towards each other, and Twitter users began making jokes about the apparent effort behind Romney's smile and the lighting appearing to make Trump look sinister. One of the first tweets of the photo came from @Walldo,[9] who posted it and invited his followers to "Caption this."
Many compared Romney's smile to the well-known look The Office's Jim Halpert gives to the camera in wacky scenarios,[2] while others said it appeared as though Romney was selling his soul to the devil.[3] Some compared Trump's look to Saturday Night Live's David S. Pumpkins. [4] The popularity of the joke led it to be a Twitter Moment[5] and attract media coverage from The Daily Dot,[6] Mashable,[7] Romper,[8] and more.
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[1] CNN – Inside Trump and Romney's Jean Georges dinner
[2] Twitter – @JarettSays
[3] Twitter – @maxasteele
[4] Twitter – @ParkerMolloy
[5] Twitter Moments – People are dishing about Trump and Romney's dinner date
[6] The Daily Dot – The look on Mitt Romney's face during dinner with Trump says it all
[7] Mashable – Romney dining with Trump is the ultimate real-life Jim Halpert
[8] Romper – Photo Of Trump & Mitt Romney At Dinner Together Produces Plenty Of Memes On Twitter
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