Donald Trump’s lawyers are reportedly going after a 17-year-old who created a website where users click on the president’s face to punch him with tiny kitten paws.

The teenager, named only as Lucy, initially designed TrumpScratch.com as a way to practise her coding skills.

But after a few weeks, she received a cease and desist letter from the president’s general counsel in New York, she told the New York Observer.

The letter, which was seen by the newspaper, begins: “As I’m sure you’re aware, the Trump name is internationally known and famous.”

Taking the advice of her family lawyer, she changed the name of the site to KittenFeed.com earlier this month.

“But after changing, they still came at me,” she told the newspaper.