President Donald Trump's staffers are panicking behind the scenes after a disastrous few days in which the president attacked the pope and compared himself to Jesus Christ online, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.
"Sources in and around the White House spilled on their mood Monday to Politico’s chief White House correspondent, Dasha Burns, who requested memes on the condition of anonymity," said the report. "The responses suggest things feel like they’re on fire. One administration official sent a GIF from the sitcom The IT Crowd, showing protagonist Moss frantically typing on a computer as a fire burns in the foreground."
Among the responses were multiple people who used the meme of the cartoon dog sitting in a burning house saying, "Everything is fine."
"Another meme sent by a GOP operative close to the White House appeared to allude to the other mess Trump’s team had to grapple with on Monday: the president’s Truth Social post depicting himself as Jesus, which landed him in hot water with Catholics and even his MAGA base before he quietly deleted it," said the report. "'Time to flood the earth again,' the meme’s text reads, overlaid on a painting of an exasperated Jesus putting his head in his hand."
And additionally, per the report, "One person close to the White House appeared to suggest that while ultra-loyal administration officials publicly project confidence, there is private frustration behind the scenes — sharing a meme of a weary Jonah Hill in War Dogs overlaid with the text, 'I guess bro.'"
Trump actually went out of his way to delete the Jesus image after intense backlash from his own supporters, but has denied that the backlash played a role and insists he just mistakenly thought the image showed him as a doctor.