Yesterday the U.S. Consumer Confidence Index rose to 113.7 during the month of December, the highest it’s been since 2001. Bloomberg reports that this is due in part to many American households expecting Donald Trump to deliver on promises he’s made regarding the United States job market and economy, and believe us, no one was more aware of this than Trump himself.
In what will probably come as a tremendous surprise to everyone, Trump took some time out of his busy schedule of ignoring daily intelligence briefings and threatening a nuclear arms race to personally thank himself on Twitter for this momentous achievement.
The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index for December surged nearly four points to 113.7, THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS! Thanks Donald!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2016
Donald Trump thanking himself in the third person seems like yet another step in his transformation to full on super villain and this fact was not lost on the rest of the internet, which immediately began mocking the president-elect and soon after the hashtag #ThanksDonald on Twitter started trending. Who knew that the “Thanks Obama” meme would be replaced before Obama even left the White House?
At any rate, Twitter brought out the sarcasm in full force, alternating between thanking Trump for mundane things he has no control of, to using the meme to point out some of the more nefarious things he’s been responsible for since being elected — starting out with vocal Trump critic Keith Olberman.
Hey, @realDonaldTrump – we had OXYGEN today! #ThanksDonald
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) December 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/morgan_murphy/status/813950996858765314
https://twitter.com/MikeLevinCA/status/813972438442647552
My cat purred today. #thanksdonald
— Joe Gasper (@ReactorJoe) December 28, 2016
There was toilet paper in the stall at the gym today. #thanksdonald
— Joe Gasper (@ReactorJoe) December 28, 2016
The Sun has surged to the TREMENDOUS age of 4.6 BILLION years old, THE HIGHEST AGE IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUN! #ThanksDonald
— 🌊 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@smrtI_meansmart) December 28, 2016
I've won 3 scratch off tickets since @realDonaldTrump was elected President#ThanksDonald
— ỉꪜꪖ᭢ᴴᴰ 👁🗨 (@MaseratiMercy) December 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/MarkEllis14/status/813979883529306114
#ThanksDonald for showing that anyone, even an idiotic, mediocre, and racist businessman, can become President.
— patrick 🇵🇸 (@p__nickle) December 28, 2016
#thanksdonald for helping me understand how the Nazis got started @realDonaldTrump
— David Johnson (@dnj1980) December 28, 2016
Now all those super weird stories my mom told about grade school nuke drills where they all hid under the desks make sense. #ThanksDonald
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) December 28, 2016
#ThanksDonald for losing the popular vote. We will be sure to remind you everyday.
— StayFocused (@lastcall) December 28, 2016
#ThanksDonald for letting me pay taxes and fight for my country, 2 things you have evaded.
— StayFocused (@lastcall) December 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/chrisrockyoz/status/814078175663783937
Women are being threatened, bullying is up, white supremacists are emboldened & NC is no longer a democracy. #ThanksDonald
— Blue Baby Blue (@UckfayRumptay) December 28, 2016
#ThanksDonald for continuing to raise awareness of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and its devastating impact on those who enable it.
— The Thane of Lochaber's Ghost (@andy_tweetz) December 28, 2016
The only Donald I'll ever thank. #ThanksDonald pic.twitter.com/pMCwbsGxcU
— Orlando 🤘🏼😎 (@TeamLando) December 28, 2016
I don’t know about that last one. Donald Duck didn’t exactly have the best temperament when it came down to it, either.