Trump Jr. Blasphemously Compares Himself to Salt Bae in Defense of Viral Sitting Meme

Trump Jr. wants us all to "try harder" with the memes, though some might say we've already done a damn good job.

Fragile little snowflake Donald Trump. Jr, whose dad got more than a few mentions during Monday's House Intelligence Committee hearing, took time out of his busy schedule as a Tyrell Wellick impersonator to address all of us who were taking the piss out of this weird photo of him:

Pretty weird, right? The photo, which features Trump. Jr. attempting to sit atop a log while dressed in his finest peasant outfit, was (of course!) widely memed:

Trump Jr. told "#haters" to "#tryharder" in an Instagram post Sunday, equating himself with the great Salt Bae:

I don't give a fuck how someone chooses to hold their body while in a seated position. Hell, you could stand up forever for all I care. But to compare yourself with Salt Bae? That's quite a stretch, mostly because all those Salt Bae memes were born out of mutual admiration for Nusret GÜkçe's skills as a butcher. The Trump Jr. memes were, um, not that at all.

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The Trump Jr. photo, captured by George Etheredge, originates from a recent New York Timesprofile. In the accompanying interview, Trump Jr. claimed to be super into the outdoors life. "For some people — you see that in New York a lot — they go hunting once every other year and they talk about it at a cocktail party for the next two years until they do it again," he said. "For me, it is the way I choose to live my life."

And here he is living that life:

He's sure as hell not Salt Bae material.

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