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Earlier this afternoon Trump tweeted a photoshopped image of himself with the slogan “Sanctions are coming”. The tweet used typography from the HBO series Game of Thrones, playing on the show’s repeated refrain “Winter is coming”.

Stars of the show have started to respond. Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark on the series, tweeted a snarky “Not today” in response. Her co-star and on-screen sister Sophie Turner simply said: “Ew.”

HBO (@HBO) How do you say trademark misuse in Dothraki?

HBO has requested that their imagery “not be misappropriated for political purposes”. In a tweet from their official account, they joked: “How do you say trademark misuse in Dothraki?”