--- description: People drew immediate Spider-Man comparisons title: ‘Suction Cup Man’ Scales Trump Tower and Everyone Loves It image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4f1e7bd99a78b17/6988a1eba988ca13e26b90c2/trump-tower-scaling-man.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ‘Suction Cup Man’ Scales Trump Tower and Everyone Loves It by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 10, 2016 9:51 PM CUT  Screenshot Time livestream by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 10, 2016 9:51 PM CUT A man [climbed up the side of Trump Tower](http://time.com/4447369/man-scales-trump-tower-suction-cups/ "undefined") Wednesday using suction cups, capturing widespread attention. As police broke windows from inside the midtown tower in an attempt to intercept him, the internet lost its mind over the stunt. > [](https://twitter.com/darth/status/763480688985198593) > [](https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/763485173598003200) > [](https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/763487763727474688) > [](https://twitter.com/morningmoneyben/status/763487748921622528) Naturally, people drew immediate Spider-Man comparisons. > [](https://twitter.com/FranklinH3000/status/763483695437246464) > [](https://twitter.com/Clarknt67/status/763484166826655744) Dubbing him “Suction Cup Man,” several cheered him on as it appeared police were getting closer to interception. > [](https://twitter.com/ohonestly/status/763480991893708805) > [](https://twitter.com/IAm0rbis/status/763479001943855104) > [](https://twitter.com/rinonawyder/status/763480774381342720) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4447474/man-climbing-trump-tower-suction-cup-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4447474/man-climbing-trump-tower-suction-cup-reaction/"},"headline":"‘Suction Cup Man’ Scales Trump Tower and Everyone Loves It","datePublished":"2016-08-10T21:51:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:54:09.740Z","description":"Naturally, there were Spider-Man references","url":"https://time.com/4447474/man-climbing-trump-tower-suction-cup-reaction/","keywords":["New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4f1e7bd99a78b17/6988a1eba988ca13e26b90c2/trump-tower-scaling-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4f1e7bd99a78b17/6988a1eba988ca13e26b90c2/trump-tower-scaling-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-tower-scaling-man","caption":"","creditText":"Screenshot Time livestream","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4447474/man-climbing-trump-tower-suction-cup-reaction/","name":"‘Suction Cup Man’ Scales Trump Tower and Everyone Loves It"}}]}] ```