ADVERTISEMENTWhile exiting Air Force One last Friday, Donald Trump held his phone and waved to the photographers, unintentionally showing his lock screen.
The images have since gone viral online, as the US president’s lockscreen shows a picture of himself doing his signature finger-pointing pose.
One social media user, “johnny maga,” posted a photograph of the lock screen with the caption “Goes hard” while Benny Johnson, a conservative commentator, posted the screen on X with the fire emoji.
However, most social media users had the opposite reaction, mocking the images, sharing their takes and making them go viral.
The group Republicans Against Trump, wrote: “Donald Trump’s iPhone lock screen was spotted over the weekend. Yep, it’s a photo of himself. Of course it is.”
“Trump having a photo of himself on his lock screen is the Trumpiest thing ever,” journalist James Surowiecki wrote on X. “Just imagine what you’d say to a friend of yours if you saw that on his lock screen he had a picture of himself pointing at the camera,” he added.
George Conway, a prominent Trump critic, posted: “In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.”
“Trump’s lock screen was spotted on his phone last night—and it was a photo of himself. Is that not one of the most narcissistic, self-absorbed things you’ve ever seen??? Not his family, not his kids, but himself,” Harry Sisson, a political commentator and social media influencer, posted on X.
Another social media user added: “Trump having a photo of himself on his lock screen is the Trumpiest thing ever.”
This isn’t the first time social media users have commented on Trump’s phone lock screen, which displayed the same background in 2023 while he was golfing.
Trump was mocked again in 2024 after social media users noticed his phone lock screen in a photo that appeared to be taken on Air Force One.
“Of course. Trump’s cell phone lock screen background image is a picture of himself. Not his wife, not his children, not his grandchildren … himself,” an X user said at the time.
Elsewhere, Donald Trump has hit back at critics over a new nickname that has also been going viral: ‘TACO’ or ‘TACO Trade’.
At the White House last week, Trump called a reporter “nasty” after she asked him what he thought of his nickname, coined by Wall Street analysts, which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.”
The term / phrase has been doing the rounds on Wall Street to refer to the president chickening out on certain tariffs, causing market rates to rise.
Trump defended his actions then responded by telling the reporter: “Don’t ever say what you said, that’s a nasty question.”
