'Still think it's a hoax Mr President?' Internet gloats after Donald Trump and wife Melania reveal they have coronavirus
The internet has ridiculed Donald Trump and wife Melania after the President and First Lady announced that they had tested positive for Covid-19.
Many Twitter users mocked the president's infamous suggestion that people could cure themselves by ingesting cleaning products, mocking up pictures of Trump knocking back a bottle of bleach.
Others including celebrities such as Sophia Bush and Zach Braff also saw the irony in Trump's repeated attempts to play down the virus, asking whether the pandemic was still a 'hoax'.
Trump's remark that the death toll 'is what it is' also attracted dark humour, including an image of a MAGA-style cap with the quote on the front.
It comes after the president tweeted shortly before 1am EST: 'Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!'
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Trump has been savaged on social media after revealing via his Twitter account early Friday that he tested positive for coronavirus (pictured: Trump outside the White House on Wednesday)
A MAGA-style cap bearing the quote, 'It is what it is,' the words Trump gave to an interviewer when asked about the pandemic earlier this year
Hundreds of memes have flooded social media, including a cartoon of the president knocking back a bottle of bleach after his infamous press conference where he said that injecting bleach was a possibility
Some of the memes which spread on Twitter after news of the president's infection today
Many commenters saw Trump's infection as 'karma', after the president, by his own admission to Bob Woodward, minimized the threat of the disease.
In an interview with the Watergate journalist on March 19, Trump admitted that 'I always wanted to play it down' - despite having previously told Woodward that the disease was 'deadly stuff'.
Some also pointed to Trump's gaudy penthouse as evidence of the 'lack of taste' which can be a coronavirus symptom.
Another Twitter user turned the name of the disease into a scoreline, saying: 'Covid 19 - Trump 0'.
Others imagined Joe Biden's reaction, with the 77-year-old former vice president set to be tested today after spending Tuesday's debate in fairly close proximity to Trump.
One dark meme consisted of an image of Chinese leader Xi Jinping raising a wine glass, with the caption: 'Mission accomplished'.
Trump openly blames China for the pandemic, which first emerged in the city of Wuhan at the very end of 2019.
An oft-reprised meme of Leonardo DiCaprio laughing in the Quentin Tarentino film Django
Many shared a sick image from The Simpsons showing Trump in a casket
Trump's diagnosis came after news that the president's top aide Hope Hicks contracted the virus after traveling with Trump on Air Force One and Marine One multiple times over the last week.
Trump is 74 years old, putting him at higher risk of serious complications from the virus.
A statement from the White House doctor said both the president and first lady are 'well at this time' but did not say if either have symptoms.
Hicks, 31, is said to have first felt unwell returning from a rally in Minnesota on the president's plane Wednesday evening.
She was quarantined away from others on the plane and her diagnosis was confirmed Thursday, according to an administration official.
If Trump becomes seriously ill, there are constitutional procedures that would allow Vice President Mike Pence to assume power temporarily, just weeks before the November 3 election.
Trump and Melania's golden penthouse was used to illustrate a joke about the president having a lack of taste - one of the classic symptoms of Covid
Trump's face superimposed on the meme of John Travolta from Quentin Tarentino's famous Pulp Fiction
Trump 'catching' the virus in this cartoon
China's President Xi Jinping raises a glass in this darkly comic meme