Trump Is Now Trying To Ruin ‘Game Of Thrones’ For Everyone With His Latest GOP Midterm Election Ad

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Update: HBO has told TMZ: “We were not aware of this messaging and would prefer our trademark not be misappropriated for political purposes.”

President Donald Trump and his band of enablers are well aware that a so-called blue wave could come on Election Day next Tuesday, no matter how many voter suppression tactics that the GOP can manage to pull off. And now, as if exploiting a caravan of poor, scared migrants making their way up through South America to seek asylum in the United States wasn’t bad enough, Trump is trying to ruin Game of Thrones, as well.

On Friday, the president tweeted a photo of himself with the Game of Thrones font superimposed over it, proclaiming “SANCTIONS ARE COMING, November 5,” as a play off the “Winter is Coming” tagline from the popular HBO series.

Trump was, of course, referring to reimposing sanctions against Iran that had been lifted as part of an Obama-era nuclear agreement.

“On November 5th, the United States will reimpose sanctions that were lifted as part of the nuclear deal on Iran’s energy, shipbuilding, shipping, and banking sectors,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN during a call with reporters on Friday. The move, which is conveniently set to take place one day before midterm elections, is the Trump administration’s latest affront to Tehran after leaving the Iran nuclear deal in May.

But still, did he have to come for Game of Thrones, though? And in the absolute tackiest way possible? Twitter naturally had some thoughts:

https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/status/1058392606319755264

https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1058395168385220608

https://twitter.com/WiseWarrior69/status/1058396401216872448

https://twitter.com/libbycwatson/status/1058389989430607873

https://twitter.com/KylieVxx/status/1058399304551936000

Even the Stark sister themselves, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner weighed in:

https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/1058415804641767424

There seems to be no low that Trump won’t stoop to. Not even Jon Snow and Daenerys are safe from this nonsense.