Trump tweeted "EASY D" and the internet reacted exactly how you would think
Though, there was a generation divide in the jokes.
By Heather Leighton, Houston Chronicle
Updated 8:22 pm, Wednesday, February 8, 2017
"That's right, folks. The President just used the phrase "EASY D!" #potus45 #unpresidented #EASYD"
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"That's right, folks. The President just used the phrase "EASY D!" #potus45 #unpresidented #EASYD"
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"Trump is teasing a new R&B; album #EasyD"
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"Trump is teasing a new R&B; album #EasyD"
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"Dear patriotic nerds, Please hack Trump's phone + start tweeting things that are, at least, VAGUELY presidential. Thanks, #EasyD #Nordstrom"
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"Dear patriotic nerds, Please hack Trump's phone + start tweeting things that are, at least, VAGUELY presidential. Thanks, #EasyD #Nordstrom"
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"Step 1: Cut a hole in a box
Step 2: Put an #EasyD in that box
Step 3: Make America open the box ... And that's the way you do it"
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"Step 1: Cut a hole in a box
Step 2: Put an #EasyD in that box
Step 3: Make America open the box ... And that's the way you do it"
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"Look me up on Grindr "Easy D" #easyd "
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"Look me up on Grindr "Easy D" #easyd "
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"#EasyD and the West Wing Crew #TrumpRap #Gangsta @POTUS @realDonaldTrump"
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"#EasyD and the West Wing Crew #TrumpRap #Gangsta @POTUS @realDonaldTrump"
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"Is THIS "Easy D"? #EasyD"
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"Is THIS "Easy D"? #EasyD"
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"Secret Service Codename: EASY D #BathrobeMafia #EasyD"
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"Secret Service Codename: EASY D #BathrobeMafia #EasyD"
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"Me every time I check Twitter after not having checked twitter for 2 hours. #EasyD"
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"Me every time I check Twitter after not having checked twitter for 2 hours. #EasyD"
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"Live look at SNL's writers: #EasyD"
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"Live look at SNL's writers: #EasyD"
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"Sorry. But. I'm dying over here, y'all. #EasyD #Waiting "
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"Sorry. But. I'm dying over here, y'all. #EasyD #Waiting "
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"They call him #EasyD on the Streets and Baby Finger In the Sheets."
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"They call him #EasyD on the Streets and Baby Finger In the Sheets."
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"Easy D... http://nydn.us/2ksi1IB #easyd"
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"Easy D... http://nydn.us/2ksi1IB #easyd"
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"He asked for the #EasyD but #ShePersisted"
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"He asked for the #EasyD but #ShePersisted"
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"Had a nap...woke up to #EasyD ... what...the...WHAT?!"
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"Had a nap...woke up to #EasyD ... what...the...WHAT?!"
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Click through this slideshow to see the executive orders and some other actions President Donald Trump took during his first 100 days in office.
Click through this slideshow to see the executive orders and some other actions President Donald Trump took during his first 100 days in office.
No federal funding for organizations that provide abortion services - Jan. 23
President Trump
revoked a presidential memorandum by Barack Obama that ended a ban on sending funding to organizations that provide abortion services overseas. Ronald Reagan first implemented this ban in 1984, and since then Republican and Democratic presidents have taken turns de-implementing and re-implementing it.
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No federal funding for organizations that provide abortion services - Jan. 23
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Photo: Pool, Getty Images
Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - Jan. 23
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Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - Jan. 23
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Photo: Pool
A "hiring freeze" for governmental employees - Jan. 23
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A "hiring freeze" for governmental employees - Jan. 23
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Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM, AFP/Getty Images
Quicker environmental reviews of "high priority" infrastructure projects - Jan. 24
President Trump signed an executive order calling for the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to establish
faster deadlines for environmental reviews of "high priority" infrastructure projects. Trump is expected to work with Senate Democrats on an infrastructure bill in the near future.
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Quicker environmental reviews of "high priority" infrastructure projects - Jan. 24
President Trump signed an executive order calling for the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to
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Photo: Ned Gerard
Mandate for American-made steel in new pipelines - Jan. 24President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the Commerce Secretary to "ensure" that all pipelines built or repaired in the United States are
made with American-made steel.
Pictured: In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, foreman Javier Garcia works with his crew as they lower a section of pipe into the ground with cradles, along the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline section two near Winona, Texas.
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Mandate for American-made steel in new pipelines - Jan. 24
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the Commerce Secretary to "ensure" that all pipelines built or repaired in the United States
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Photo: Sarah A. Miller, Associated Press
Review of manufacturing regulations - Jan. 24
President Trump ordered the commerce secretary to conduct a
60-day review of manufacturing regulations, in the hope that many can be repealed.
Pictured: In this Oct. 21, 2016 file photo, Susan Stacy moves a tube to sort recycled plastic bottle chips being processed at the Repreve Bottle Processing Center, part of the Unifi textile company in Yadkinville, N.C.
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Photo: Chuck Burton, Associated Press
Strengthening ICE, deportation instructions and cracking down on sanctuary citiesPresident Trump signed an executive order that
calls for the hiring of 10,000 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Also included in the order is a mandate for federal agencies to "step up" and deport undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of a crime, charged with a crime, committed a chargeable offense, misrepresented themselves to the government, abused a welfare program, are under deportation order and who may “in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or national security." The order also calls for the U.S Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to block federal grants to "sanctuary cities" that do not follow federal immigration laws.
Pictured: In this Aug. 17, 2015 file photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrest a man in San Antonio, Texas.
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Strengthening ICE, deportation instructions and cracking down on sanctuary cities
President Trump signed an executive order that
calls for the hiring of 10,000 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Photo: John Davenport, Staff / San Antonio Express-News
Reconstruction of the United States Military - Jan. 27
Alongside Defense Secretary James Mattis, President Trump signed an executive order that calls for "new planes, new ships, new resources, new tools for our men and women in uniform." Trump also stated that he
would "defer" to Mattis on whether or not to use torture on prisoners.
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Reconstruction of the United States Military - Jan. 27
Alongside Defense Secretary James Mattis, President Trump signed an executive order that calls for "new planes, new ships, new resources, new tools for our
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Photo: Susan Walsh, AP
"New vetting measures" for immigrants - Jan. 27
President Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 27
barring all refugees from entering the U.S. and calling for "new vetting measures." All refugees were not allowed to come to the U.S. for four months and those from war-ravaged Syria were indefinitely barred.
"I'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. We don't want 'em here,"
Trump said. "We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people."
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Photo: MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images
Immigration ban for seven majority Muslim countries - Jan. 27
The president's most controversial
executive order suspending U.S. immigration and travel for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, until "new vetting measures" are established. Thousands of Americans took to airports to
protest the order, which caused chaos as a number of travelers were held in limbo at airports.
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Immigration ban for seven majority Muslim countries - Jan. 27
The president's most controversial
executive order suspending U.S. immigration and travel for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria
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Photo: Marcus Yam/LA Times Via Getty Images
Reorganization of the National Security Council - Jan. 28
President Trump shook up the National Security Council by signing an presidential memorandum that
adds Chief Strategist Steve Bannon to the principals committee of the National Security Council.
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Reorganization of the National Security Council - Jan. 28
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Photo: Win McNamee, Staff
New lobbying bans - Jan. 29
President Trump signed an executive order that
places a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, and a five year ban on lobbying for anything else.
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New lobbying bans - Jan. 29
President Trump signed an executive order that
places a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, and a five year ban on lobbying
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Photo: Susan Walsh, STF
A call for a plan to defeat ISIS
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum that commands Secretary of Defense James Mattis to develop a plan to
defeat ISIS within 30 days.
Pictured: Afghan Solidarity members burn an IS flag during a rally against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and the US Presence in Afghanistan.
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A call for a plan to defeat ISIS
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum that commands Secretary of Defense James Mattis to develop a plan to
defeat ISIS within 30 days.
Pictured: Afghan
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Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR, AFP/Getty Images
Reducing agency regulations - Jan. 30
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Reducing agency regulations - Jan. 30
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Photo: Ron Sachs, Bloomberg
Appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court - Feb. 1
President Trump
appointed federal judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat left by Antonin Scalia. Prior to his nomination, Gorsuch served as an appellate judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
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Appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court - Feb. 1
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Photo: AL DRAGO, NYT
New sanctions on Iran - Feb. 3
The Trump ordered new sanctions on Iran after the country conducted a ballistic missile test. “The days of turning a blind eye to Iran’s hostile and belligerent actions toward the United States and the world community are over,” Michael Flynn, President Trump’s national security adviser,
said in a statement.
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New sanctions on Iran - Feb. 3
The Trump ordered new sanctions on Iran after the country conducted a ballistic missile test. “The days of turning a blind eye to Iran’s hostile and belligerent actions toward
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Photo: Vahid Salemi, Associated Press
Announcement of new Intel factory in Arizona- Feb. 8
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and President Trump announced that the company
will invest $7 billion to complete an existing factory space in Arizona that has been idle for the past few years. Intel said the opening of the factory will lead to 3,000 “high-tech, high-wage jobs” and will create more than 10,000 long-term jobs in Arizona.
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Announcement of new Intel factory in Arizona- Feb. 8
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and President Trump announced that the company
will invest $7 billion to complete an existing factory space in Arizona that has been
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Photo: Chris Kleponis, Bloomberg
New executive orders on crime and safety- Feb. 9
New executive orders on crime and safety- Feb. 9
Photo: Shawn Thew
Nomination of Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor- Feb. 16
President Trump
nominated Alexander Acosta, a former U.S. attorney in Miami and dean of Florida International University’s College of Law after Andy Puzder
withdrew his nomination for the position.
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Nomination of Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor- Feb. 16
President Trump
nominated Alexander Acosta, a former U.S. attorney in Miami and dean of Florida International University’s College of Law after
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Photo: Joe Raedle
Repeal of Obama policy on transgender school bathrooms- Feb. 22
The Trump administration
reversed an Obama-era federal policy that said transgender students at public schools should be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their gender identity.
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Repeal of Obama policy on transgender school bathrooms- Feb. 22
The Trump administration
reversed an Obama-era federal policy that said transgender students at public schools should be allowed to use the
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Photo: Sara D. Davis /Getty Images
Trump tweeted "EASY D" and the internet reacted exactly how you would think
"Easy D" apparently has a lot of different meanings to a lot of people online.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to defend his travel ban that is currently being reviewed in the American court system, but the diction he used has confused some people.
ANALYSIS: What happens if Trump decides to ignore a judge's ruling?
"Big increase in traffic into our country from certain areas, while our people are far more vulnerable, as we wait for what should be EASY D!" the 45th president tweeted Wednesday.
In Trump's defense, it is understandable that a 70-year-old man and his peers would interpret the "D" as "defense" or "decision." At the most some could misinterpret "Easy D" as a terrible rap name for Donald.
But to many on Twitter that "D" actually stands for a nickname of male genitalia. If you're still confused, go to Urban Dictionary to read the definition my editor doesn't want me writing.
With that knowledge, Twitter users reacted exactly how you would have expected them to react and memes about Trump's relationship with "easy D" started appearing. Click through the gallery above to see the memes talking about Trump's usage of "easy D" online.
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