#ShakespeareInTheTrump: 'Julius Caesar' Backlash Mocked With Trump-Takes on Bard's Works

Twitter is having fun at the President’s expense today, inspired by a week-long backlash against a Shakespeare in the Park performance of “Julius Caesar” that featured a Donald Trump-inspired take on the title character.

The outcry against the production by New York’s Public Theater led sponsors Bank of America and Delta Airlines to withdraw their support, and culminated Friday night when two protesters crashed the stage and interrupted the performance.

Notably, a production of the play in 2012 featuring a Barack Obama-inspired take on Julius Caesar provoked no such outrage. Inspired by that and by Friday’s incident, Twitter decided to lean into it and imagine some other seminal works from the Bard — only Trumpified.

Also Read: 'Real Time' Fact Check: How Liberals Really Reacted to Obama-Themed 'Julius Caesar'

Democratic political consultant John Aravosis started the conversation Saturday morning, asking his 65,000 followers to imagine what it would be like if “all of Shakespeare was really written about Donald Trump,” suggesting “King Lear” would be renamed “King Leer” and adding the hashtag #ShakespeareInTheTrump.

https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/876088098819584001

Twitter rolled with it, and had plenty of suggestions:

If you prick us do we not have blood coming out of our wherever? #ShakespeareInTheTrump

— G.E. Filtefish votes. every. time. (@NOLAKenneth) June 17, 2017

You blocks
You stones
You worse than senseless things
O you hard hearts
You cruel men of Trump#ShakespeareInTheTrump pic.twitter.com/96rmdpZ4gK

— BrokenPromisedLand🇺🇸 (@VoteAngryNow) June 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/LindaKrylov/status/876115421879037952

#ShakespeareInTheTrump If you prick me, do I not act the bigger prick? If you wrong me, shall I not claim vaguely to have something on you?

— John Drummond Stands With Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@4eyesJohnny) June 17, 2017

"Alas, poor Yorick / He had a pre-existing condition" #ShakespeareInTheTrump #AHCAKills pic.twitter.com/pfRj28GJrj

— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) June 17, 2017

"To thine own self be lewd."#ShakespeareInTheTrump

— Where's #BrittneyGriner??🌻🇺🇦 (@wheresjulee) June 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/CMontyBurnsIII/status/876118797266161664

https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/876092912299384832

Neither a borrower nor a lender be – unless it's a loan from Russia, always take those! #ShakespeareInTheTrump

— Deep Blue in a Red State (@KissyGa) June 17, 2017

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Eve? #ShakespeareInTheTrump pic.twitter.com/zz2KqDeKjc

— G.E. Filtefish votes. every. time. (@NOLAKenneth) June 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/Rossalincoln/status/876119334568861698

"Now is the winter of our discovfefe" #ShakespeareintheTrump https://t.co/1iDrUXAN8q

— (((Roberta This Tweet is Cake Lipp))) (@RobertaLipp) June 17, 2017

9 People #BlockedByTrump on Twitter, From Chrissy Teigen to Stephen King (Photos)

While Donald Trump likes to dole out criticism on Twitter, he certainly doesn't like to receive it. And lately, he's even blocking people for doing it. Here is the (growing) list of noteworthy people who have been #BlockedByTrump on his favorite social media platform.
Chrissy Teigen

After years of trolling him, this model finally got #BlockedByTrump in July 2017. Apparently, what broke POTUS' back wasn't being called a "twat;" it was being told, "lol no one likes you."

Also Read: Chrissy Teigen Says Trump Blocked Her on Twitter ‘After 9 Years of Hating’ Him
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Stephen King
The horror novelist and frequent Trump critic alerted fans in June 2017 that he had beed blocked by POTUS. Fortunately, King won't have to miss out: "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling offered to DM Trump tweets directly to him.
"Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
President Trump didn't explicitly block Scarborough and Brzezinski, but he did unfollow them. The "Morning Joe" duo are politically conservative, but emerged as vocal Trump critics in late 2016.
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Bess Kalb
Trump blocked the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" writer after she hurled a few jokes at him. Afterward, Kalb tweeted that she was mortified yet unsurprised "that the leader of the free world could be so wounded by the gentle ribbing of a comedy writer." She also called Trump a "snowflake."

Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel Writer Bess Kalb Mocks ‘Snowflake’ Trump for Blocking Her on Twitter
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VoteVets
Trump blocked the progressive veterans advocacy group after it harshly criticized his Muslim travel ban and his potential links with Russia. But VoteVets was unfazed, later tweeting, "The Commander in Chief can block @VoteVets, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be silenced."
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Holly O'Reilly
The musician/activist was probably #BlockedByTrump after tweeting a photo of him and an all-black-clad Melania with the caption, "Dress for the job you want. #widow," or calling him a "bloody idiot." O'Reilly claims Trump violated her constitutional rights by blocking her, and after it happened, told Time, "It's like FDR took my radio away."
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Andy Signore
The Emmy-nominated writer was incensed after Trump took London Mayor Sadiq Khan's words out of context, then claimed Khan didn't care about the victims of the London terror attacks. So Signore slammed Trump on Twitter - and was blocked in return.
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John Niven
The "Kill Your Friends" author is a #BlockedByTrump O.G; Trump blocked him sometime around November 9, 2016. Niven turned a screenshot of the block notification into a badge of honor, tweeting "I'm blocked on Twitter by the President of the United States. Strange days."
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Jimmy Smagula
This actor was #BlockedByTrump, but not by first daughter Ivanka, a fact he used to his advantage after she tweeted a widely-mocked tribute to "my LGBT friends" at the start of Pride Month. "TELL YOUR A****** FATHER AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT" he said on June 2.
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The president has been increasingly busy curating who, and who cannot see him on his favorite social media platform

While Donald Trump likes to dole out criticism on Twitter, he certainly doesn't like to receive it. And lately, he's even blocking people for doing it. Here is the (growing) list of noteworthy people who have been #BlockedByTrump on his favorite social media platform.

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9 People #BlockedByTrump on Twitter, From Chrissy Teigen to Stephen King (Photos)

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