He’s barely been in office for a month, but already Donald Trump has given the world a fearsome amount of wild, delirious quotes. They’re sentences that not even the best satirical writer could come up with—and weirdly enough, they make for uncomfortably believable quotes for Marvel’s premiere fascist supervillain.
Brillian parody Twitter account/depressing vision of our global future President Supervillain—created by D.M. Higgins, creator of the excellent Jill Trent, Science Sleuth—takes classic Silver Age panels from Marvel comics featuring the Red Skull, erases the text, and then puts in honest-to-god quotes from Trump.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WATERBOARDING? #presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/Mhh68ikZm3
— Former President Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 17, 2017
And then, just in case you can’t believe that these pearls of wisdom are coming from the purported leader of the free world, each tweet contains its source material as horrific evidence.
I'M NOT RANTING & RAVING! #presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/xjndfHe2Iy
— Former President Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 16, 2017
I'M REALLY NOT A BAD PERSON, BY THE WAY! #presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/kjEoxFtF09
— Former President Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 16, 2017
VERY UN-AMERICAN! #presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/Ay7tlEA91V
— Former President Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 16, 2017
WE MUST KEEP "EVIL" OUT!#presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/x6GvwAlQrA
— Former President Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 15, 2017
THIS RUSSIAN CONNECTION NON-SENSE! #presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/96kRSop0bF
— Former President Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 15, 2017
POOR, PATHETIC PEOPLE! #presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/wNUc5jy8Ki
— Former President Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 14, 2017
It is honestly rather petrifying just how well it works, in one of those “laugh because otherwise you’ll cry” sort of ways. Head on over to President Supervillain to see more.
