Published 14:00 IST, October 22nd 2020
Trumpkin tweets storm Twitter as people give political twist to Halloween jack-o'-lantern
Fixing blonde wig atop an orange pumpkin, exactly with shade resembling Trump's hair, people carved Trumpkin as president attired in a Brioni with red tie.
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In a politically motivated Halloween fervour ahe of 2020 US Presidential elections, Americans carved ir pumpkins as Trumpkins sparking a trend on Twitter similar to one that launched in 2016 when US President Donald Trump h first run for US presidential minee. Designed like face of Trump, which many users thought bore uncanny resemblance with real, trend picked up late October 21 as people replaced ir tritional Jack-o-Lantern with US president's pumpkin face.
Fixing a golden blonde wig atop an orange pumpkin, exactly with she resembling Trump's hair, people carved pumpkin as president attired in a Brioni with a red tie. Furr, many illuminated fruit symbolic of Halloween with candles, strategically creating Trump's face with a silhouette that reflected classic deep orange tint. Internet users mainly in US and UK circulated creative Trumpkin' pictures for Halloween 2020 across social media with hashtag #Trumpkin. Many decorated eerie Trump jack-o'-lantern with slogans that re Make Halloween great again, a witty twist to US president’s Make America great again campaign slogan.
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Americans flooded Twitter with Trumpkin pictures
While term Trumpkin and hashtags such as #PresidentIsACrybaby and #TrumpleThinSkin picked up as a trend on Twitter for Halloween, day of remembrance of deceased and departed commemorated on October 31, Republicans called movement as demeaning. However, Americans flooded Twitter with Trumpkin pictures with mocking captions that re ‘Orange on outside and hollow inside and thrown out in first week of vember'. Many Trumpkins were even spotted rotting outside in backyard with that mess. Some even injected Trumpkin with coronavirus vaccine with few or decorated as SRAS-coV-2 virus scattered around Trumpkin. A pumpkin even showed Trump behind bars, while one or was designed as US President's expression, pursing lips as he was giving a speech wearing stars and striped tie. A Twitter account by name Donald Trumpkin was also created.
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14:01 IST, October 22nd 2020