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TV’s HBO isn’t happy about Donald Trump’s celebratory (and possibly misguided as well as misappropriated) “Game Over” Game of Thrones meme that he tweeted after the Mueller report came out.

As of Friday morning, it’s pinned to the top of his Twitter account.

The tweet shows an image of the president’s back turned to camera, amid fog, and, in Game of Thrones-style lettering, the words: “No collusion. No obstruction. For the haters and the radical left Democrats - Game Over”.



Not long afterwards, HBO put out a statement.

“Though we can understand the enthusiasm for Game of Thrones now that the final season has arrived, we still prefer our intellectual property not be used for political purposes,” an HBO spokesman said, and Variety magazine reported.



HBO, a division of AT&T’s WarnerMedia, clocked 17.4 million viewers on the premiere of Game of Thrones’ final season last Sunday. Trump has cribbed from the series before, and earned some protest from HBO.



Last November, Trump promoted his administration’s promised sanctions against Iran by tweeting “SANCTIONS ARE COMING NOVEMBER 5” in reference to the popular phrase “Winter is coming” from GoT.

The White House has yet to comment on HBO’s post-Mueller statement.