Text Drivers are Killers
Joe Biden - "Time to put Trump in the bullseye."
Where was the media outrage over these?
- Bill Maher (2013): On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, comedian and HBO host Bill Maher joked that Trump's hair color matched that of an orange-haired orangutan — "the only other thing in nature" with that shade. He facetiously offered $5 million to charity if Trump could prove he wasn't "the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan." Trump took offense, provided his birth certificate to "prove" he wasn't half-orangutan, and sued Maher for $5 million (alleging breach of contract). Trump later dropped the lawsuit.
- Reality Winner (2017): The former NSA contractor (who later leaked classified documents) referred to Trump as a "soulless ginger orangutan" in a private message before her arrest. This was later highlighted in comedy segments (e.g., a 112BK video) questioning whether the comparison insulted orangutans more than Trump.
- Jimmy Kimmel (2018): During a Jimmy Kimmel Live monologue, the host compared Trump's grooming behavior (brushing dandruff off French President Emmanuel Macron's shoulder) to how "orangutans groom each other," tying it to Trump's appearance and mannerisms.
- Social media and memes (ongoing since ~2015): Trump has frequently been depicted in memes, cartoons, and social media posts as an "orange orangutan" or "ginger orangutan," often as "Orange Man" or with exaggerated orange features. These appear in protest signs, editorial cartoons, late-night show graphics, and viral posts on platforms like X, Instagram, and Facebook. Recent examples (e.g., from 2026 discussions) reference this as a long-running joke in response to other