Miles Klee
Internet Culture
Posted on Dec 9, 2015 Updated on May 27, 2021, 12:47 pm CDT
A lot of things you might see on the Internet need to be explained. Donald Trump being attacked by a 27-year-old bald eagle named Uncle Sam during a photo shoot for Time magazine—yeah, no, that makes perfect sense.
Right now, a thousand editorial cartoonists are kicking themselves for thinking this concept was “too obvious.” Behold the confrontation:
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The real tragedy? This was as close as we’ll ever come to someone snatching the Don’s toupée.
H/T Time | Screengrab via Time
*First Published: Dec 9, 2015, 6:59 pm CST
Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He's the author of two odd books of fiction, 'Ivyland' and 'True False.'