On November 2, Donald Trump posted an image of himself in the style of Game of Thrones with the tagline: "Sanctions Are Coming ... November 5." It's a rip-off the tagline "Winter Is Coming" from the fantasy show that HBO was not too happy about Trump stealing.

At the time, creator George R.R. Martin and some of the show's biggest actors were disgusted with Trump's very bad meme. But here we are in 2019, as the government ends its 12th day of a shutdown, and now Trump is bringing his cursed image to meetings with him.

Everything about this is weird and depressing, but probably the worst thing about Trump showing off his doctored image to his cabinet like a proud child is that it makes no goddamn sense.

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"Winter Is Coming" is a phrase used in Game of Thrones to warn of impending doom. In the show, this long winter arrives when the undead monsters from the north arrive to wipe out humanity. So, in simple terms that Trump might understand, the winter in the phrase is a bad thing.

When Trump used his Thrones-style poster to announce that his administration would be putting economic sanctions on Iran, he was essentially positioning himself as the villain.

It's completely unclear why he brought out this particular poster at this meeting about his government shutdown. What's also bizarre is that the poster on his desk has the date of November 4 for some reason, different from the one he originally tweeted. But at one point, he claimed that his sanctions had worked, and "Iran is a much different country than it was when I became president.”

Does that mean Trump identifies with the White Walkers, a soulless scourge that has no purpose other than bringing great death and evil? Considering the Trump administration's work so far, that kind of fits.

But, more likely, Donald Trump has never sat through an entire episode of Game of Thrones and certainly has never read a single word of the books. In fact, in his mind, he probably believes there's an entire HBO show about him called Game of Thrones that imagines Trump as some sort of great medieval conqueror.

Matt Miller Culture Editor Matt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV—with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.

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