When the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision on Donald Trump‘s immigration ban, all eyes were glued to one Twitter account: @dril.
Just kidding. Everyone was waiting to see what torrent the president would unleash, and he did not disappoint, issuing only the second all-caps utterance of his presidency.
SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017
But as happens with most of the president’s actions, what was meant to be a stern admonishment delivered to nation with gravitas quickly became the butt of thousands of internet jokes.
For starters, the owns were savage.
3-0
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 10, 2017
“SEE YOU IN COURT”
“Ok cool, that is where we work, so it is very convenient for us”— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) February 10, 2017
President Trump tweets: “SEE YOU IN COURT”
WA state AG responds: “We’ve seen him in court twice, and we’re 2 for 2” https://t.co/WJeBho0xww pic.twitter.com/Oj8QlMimAB
— CNN (@CNN) February 10, 2017
But the riffs were great, too.
And then he tweeted…..
“SEE YOU IN COURT”
After just LOSING IN COURT‼️ pic.twitter.com/o759gp7hjB— TheAverageBlackMan™ (@TheAvgBlackMan) February 10, 2017
Trump tells judges who ruled against travel ban “SEE YOU IN COURT”, surprising many with his elementary understanding of where judges work.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) February 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/Law_and_policy/status/829973389628600320
Bartender: OK, that will be $7
Me: SEE YOU IN COURT
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) February 10, 2017
“I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT!” is the rich man’s version of this pic.twitter.com/3ZiqOgI4YS
— Franscisco Scaramanga (@Vnorman007) February 10, 2017
him: I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT
america: pic.twitter.com/W8KgqPKLa8— Julia Pugachevsky 🇺🇦 (@jaypugz) February 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/status/829840887777685504
Those were all well and good, but as is always the case, we probably should have just looked to @dril.
“im not owned! im not owned!!”, i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
— wint (@dril) November 11, 2011