The web's funniest responses to Trump's grim first week

Seven days into Trump’s presidency, and the response from many of us has been anger and alarm. Fortunately, there were also those who could see the funny side – here is a pick of the best

Screengrab from viral video introducing Trump to the Netherlands Photograph: YouTube

Elena Cresci

@elenacresci

This week has been a lot.

As 2017 slowly turns into your favourite dystopian fiction, we thought you might appreciate a reminder of those able to draw on humour to get us all through. Like this alternative rendition of Trump’s inauguration:

Or this subversion of an otherwise depressing moment.

Then there’s this theory:

The person pointing out that this week has been so polarising, people are even arguing with accounts which tweet pictures of dogs:

Trump almost quoting Bane from Batman:

Ian McKellen’s sign at the Women’s March:

Actually, a lot of signs at the Women’s March:

All the Twitter accounts trying to get more followers than Donald Trump:

Half An Onion (@HalfOnionInABag)
What if this account that is simply half an onion in a Ziploc bag ended up with more followers than @realDonaldTrump? pic.twitter.com/D28lODPZLO
January 20, 2017

The Netherlands welcoming Donald Trump:

Eagles questioning America in the year 2017:

An alternative tale of how Hillary Clinton came to be at the inauguration:

Twitter diplomacy:

Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue)
Donald, don't be self-indulgent. Mexico has spoken, we will never ever pay for the #FuckingWall. https://t.co/a79WDY5vlv
January 26, 2017

And because dogs make everything better:

Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian)
I like this picture of the queen's corgis because it looks like this is only the beginning and there's in fact a planeload of corgis. pic.twitter.com/iLWZ1Rnmd4
January 19, 2017

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