Kathy Griffin posed for this photo with a bloodied replica of Donald Trump’s head. By Tyler Shields

It’s time for Donald Trump to fire up the Twitter machine tonight after pictures were released of Kathy Griffin holding a bloody decapitated head of him for a photo shoot.

The photo however has been met with criticism across the land of the internet. Kathy Griffin has no regrets though.

“I caption this ‘there was blood coming out of his eyes, blood coming out of his…wherever,’” she wrote on Twitter. “OBVIOUSLY, I do not condone ANY violence by my fans or others to anyone, ever! I’m merely mocking the Mocker in Chief.” She also tagged Tyler Shields saying he is a great Photographer and film maker.

Both sides of the aisle are upset and took to social media to express their displeasure.

“Disgusting but not surprising. This is the left today,” Trump Jr. tweeted. “They consider this acceptable. Imagine a conservative did this to Obama as POTUS.”

“What Kathy Griffin has done here is shocking and wrong,” wrote Evan Siegfried. “It’s behavior that should be condemned by all.”

Another person even compared the photo to radical terrorism: “Kathy Griffin shows her support for ISIS by holding a mock-up of President Trump’s decapitated head.”

Chelsea Clinton tweeted: “This is vile and wrong, It is never funny to joke about killing a president.”

Shields, whose website states he is “Hollywood’s favorite photographer,” told Fox News, “Kathy and I are friends and we worked together before, so when we started doing this shoot, she said, ‘I’d love to do something political. I’d love to make a statement.’ We kind of figured out what would be the best image to make out of that.” He continued, “That’s what art is meant to do. Some people look at it and they love it. Some people look at it and they hate it. I understand there are going to be people that hate this… but this is not real. We didn’t kill anybody nor do I feel anybody should be killed. It’s no different from a movie. It just happens to be a still image.”

Shields also said, “There’s always going to be backlash,” he said, before adding, “People will be upset, but that’s part of it. Part of our freedom is that we’re allowed to make things.”

The Secret Service sent out a two word Tweet, “ On It.”

What do you think? Does this go to far? Is this the new normal for a desensitized world with the internet? Let me know your thoughts.