It wasn't his knowledge of policy, his charm, or anything remotely leadership-like that led to the popularity of Donald Trump. If anything, it was the ease and willingness with which he turned himself into a walking meme, complete with a fandom busy creating fanfiction, fan theories (i.e. insane conspiracy theories), and, of course, tons of bad fan art. Here are some of the weirdest and wildest pieces in the current Trumpian art movement for you to absorb before they find their way into the National Portrait Gallery.

5 Deep Dream Trump Is Pure Nightmare Fuel

While computers are getting better at everything that makes humans so special (like opening doors), there is one area where we'll always have them beat: abstract thought. After all, it's hard to have a sense of whimsy when a misplaced semicolon can turn you into scrap. In fact, the closest we've gotten to giving computers a world of pure imagination is through "deep learning" -- software that mimics how our neutrons fire and is perhaps the future of artificial intelligence. And like any good humans, we gave computers the gift of creativity, only to squander it on monstrosities like this:

Chris Rodley

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This is a deep learning interpretation of one of Donald Trump's family photos. And if you're wondering why Melania looks like Miss Piggy on her way to her third divorce, that's on purpose. This art is the result of artist Chris Rodley plugging pictures of Donald Trump into a deep learning algorithm which was also "looking for images from Sesame Street." The result is this hellscape of vacant expressions, googly eyes, and wandering hands -- plus elements from Sesame Street.

Chris Rodley

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It could be a lot worse, though. You could be looking at a video of Trump transformed into an awakened eldritch horror struggling against the confines of our universe:

Though on the plus side, Trump's hair has never looked more in its element.