Trump ignores HBO, uses his 'GoT' poster during Cabinet meeting
What's the story
Game of Thrones is one of the most popular shows on the planet, and fans cannot wait for its final season. However, it's now in news for a different reason. Remember Donald Trump had tweeted a GoT poster of himself titled 'Sanctions are coming,' in November? Well, turns out that he actually used the poster during a Cabinet meeting in the White House recently.
First tweet
Trump's poster had 'Sanctions are coming', similar to GoT's slogan
As we had reported, the tweet about the Game of Thrones poster appeared from Trump's official Twitter handle, which has over 55 million followers. It showed a picture of Trump and the poster read 'Sanctions are Coming'. Not only was the font used similar to HBO's popular fantasy series, but the phrase itself reminds fans of the famous Stark motto 'Winter is Coming'.
Twitter Post
Check out the tweet posted from Trump's handle
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2018
Displeasure
HBO was not too happy about Trump's misappropriation
For those unaware, the sanctions referred to the trade sanctions the US imposed on Iran, undoing the foreign policy stance taken by the previous president, Barack Obama. However, HBO was not too pleased with parts of their show being appropriated for Trump's politics. They said, "We were not aware of this messaging and would prefer our trademark not be misappropriated for political purposes".
Real Poster
Trump appears to have ignored HBO's statement
Trump, in his usual manner, seems to have ignored HBO's request directly. While his previous poster was merely a tweet, he was recently seen at the Cabinet meeting in the White House with a real hard copy of the poster placed on the conference table, in front of him. Reporters covering the event quickly photographed and shared this image via their Twitter accounts.
Twitter Post
Trump displays 'Game of Thrones' styled poster of himself
On today’s cabinet meeting #US President Donald #Trump revealed the Game of Thrones alike poster with the message “Sanctions are coming- November 4th”
— EHA News (@eha_news) January 2, 2019
The poster was previously published in his account @realDonaldTrump, as a message about the sanctions on #Iran pic.twitter.com/gIsO6zbAbQ
Opinion
Reasons for displaying poster seems unclear
Trump's reasons for displaying the poster seems unclear. Maybe he wants to prove to HBO that he listens to no one, or maybe he wanted to remind people of the sanctions on Iran, or maybe he really likes Game of Thrones. While little is known of Trump's motives now, HBO has interestingly not reacted to this direct disregard of their request against political misappropriation.