Twitter users have attempted to hijack the hashtag #HappyBirthdayMrPresident, currently trending on Donald Trump’s 73d birthday, and turn it into a mockery. While Trump is spending his special day by carrying out the presidential routine, namely a lunch with the secretary of state, a meeting with the secretary of education, and talking to the press about health coverage for small businesses, many have decided to make sure that no-one clicking on the hashtag will understand who it is that has a special day on 14 June.
Instead, they preferred to congratulate former President Barack Obama, who is born in August, and wish him a very early happy birthday.
There were even those who mockingly changed the #HappyBirthdayMrPresident to #JohnMcCainDay, referring to a late Republican opponent of Trump.
As other tweets suggested, some fell for the trick.
Others pledged allegiance to Captain America actor Chris Evans, who was also born on 14 June.