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This is a text-based political meme set against a lightly textured off-white background. The upper portion uses bold black text to state that former US president Donald Trump has a documented history of criticizing a very wide range of prominent public figures from different sectors: Republican politician John McCain, civil rights icon and politician John Lewis, the head of the Catholic Church the Pope, and award-winning Hollywood actress Meryl Streep. The lower portion uses bold red text, with the words "NEVER" and "PUTIN" underlined, to highlight the notable exception: Russian president Vladimir Putin is the one person Trump never publicly criticizes, posing an implicit question about the reason for this unusual departure from Trump's typical critical behavior.
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TRUMP HAS CRITICIZED NEARLY EVERYONE FROM JOHN MCCAIN TO JOHN LEWIS, LITERALLY FROM THE POPE TO MERYL STREEP. BUT THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO TRUMP NEVER CRITICIZES: PUTIN.

Overview

This is a text-based political meme set against a lightly textured off-white background. The upper portion uses bold black text to state that former US president Donald Trump has a documented history of criticizing a very wide range of prominent public figures from different sectors: Republican politician John McCain, civil rights icon and politician John Lewis, the head of the Catholic Church the Pope, and award-winning Hollywood actress Meryl Streep. The lower portion uses bold red text, with the words "NEVER" and "PUTIN" underlined, to highlight the notable exception: Russian president Vladimir Putin is the one person Trump never publicly criticizes, posing an implicit question about the reason for this unusual departure from Trump's typical critical behavior.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the user-generated content platform 9Gag with the title "Why is that?". It functions as political commentary calling attention to Donald Trump's well-documented history of positive and non-critical public statements about Vladimir Putin, in contrast to his frequent public criticism of almost all other high-profile public figures in the US and globally.

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