Donald Trump was inaugurated on Friday last week and social media was abuzz thanks to people commenting about what was happening on the event. People followed the various events live on the various platforms and this meant that we got to see some interesting stuff from the comments about the inauguration
Twitter was the place to follow the events live and as expected, the tweets about the events were as epic as the Inauguration itself. They ranged from the size of the crowd that attended the event to the weird things people were doing and this is the sort of coverage traditional media is yet to emulate as good as social media.
The first notable thing people noticed was the attendance which was below than what people saw during the preceding President’s inauguration.
It is empty!
This #Inauguration looking PREEEEETTTY EMPTY. pic.twitter.com/IZ1X69PaWs
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) January 20, 2017
It is so roomy, John Legend said
The last 2 inaugurations were very crowded. This one is so… roomy
— John Legend (@johnlegend) January 20, 2017
People start comparing it with Obama’s inauguration attendance numbers (both 2009 and 2013)
Obama's #InaugurationDay in 2009 vs. Trump's in 2017. Tragic
#ThankYouObamas pic.twitter.com/JiL3mvRg1o
— ️ (@JeremiasM_) January 20, 2017
This showed the magnitude even better
Crowd count is in:
Trump 2017: 250,000
Obama 2013: 1,000,000
Obama 2009: 1,800,000#Inauguration— Dan Gross (@DanJGross) January 20, 2017
However, it became better when Michelle Obama was seen making faces and Twitter made it into a meme.
Girl….I know girl
"Girl"
"Girl I know girl" #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/tgs6zxE9kG— jayden (@jaydenfenty) January 20, 2017
I feel you Michelle
I feel you, Michelle. #inauguration pic.twitter.com/jHxsdIl1y1
— Jörgen Camrath (@uniwave) January 20, 2017
Michelle Obama’s faces were epic
same, @MichelleObama pic.twitter.com/rrUBWrsDrZ
— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) January 20, 2017
Other memes included ones around Obama with the famous old GIF of him looking like he forgot something.
I left Biden with Trump
"Shit I left Biden alone with the trumps" pic.twitter.com/BbSIfIUG6S
— Pooch Flair (@ItsPoochFlair) January 20, 2017
Lemme go get them seasonings
"Aaahhh… Lemme go get them seasonings. Know they won't be used."pic.twitter.com/TimjmlImwh
— Veteran Freshman (@yusufyuie) January 20, 2017
The focus also shifted to other interesting observations
Like how Trump and Obama arrived with their wives
There are two types of men. Presenting exhibits A and B pic.twitter.com/aiZpwrWZH1
— Nαυσικά (@nafsika71) January 21, 2017
Arranged vs Bff marriage pic.twitter.com/KIFEbGKqWQ
— إحسان (@I7sannFt) January 22, 2017
Bill Clinton and Hillary
the look of a woman who contemplated makin a scene in public but then decided she was gon wait til they got home pic.twitter.com/GcqrkqK5ee
— robyn (@somalijawn) January 20, 2017
The attention was also directed towards Melania Trump where she didn’t look happy at all
this makes me really sad, i genuinely feel bad for her. he doesn't appreciate her and she doesn't seem happy at all pic.twitter.com/PPpxHMFUXR
— sensitive snowflake (@hydroponicjuan) January 22, 2017
Others made fun of her dress by invoking a Harry Potter reference
Melania Trump look like she gunna go try and win the tri-wizard tournament pic.twitter.com/NQ8XaCibVq
— Bradley (@bradley_fox) January 20, 2017
Going back to the crowd, people posted interesting things they saw over there
Like this lady
Lots of middle fingers up in the air during Trump's speech pic.twitter.com/qidU5XTkKH
— Mary Georgantopoulos (@marygeorgant) January 20, 2017
Or the undercover ‘Russian spy’
Spot the Russian spy trying to blend in ..? #TrumpInauguration pic.twitter.com/TTPg98gfuV
— Nev (@HTAFCYork) January 20, 2017
Finally, people found really funny signs people were holding during the Inauguration.
out here pic.twitter.com/qwpiSmrx0t
— Emma Roller (@emmaroller) January 21, 2017
sign of the day so far pic.twitter.com/7yW1kYKsy8
— Emma Roller (@emmaroller) January 21, 2017
— Emma Roller (@emmaroller) January 21, 2017
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