--- description: Photos of President Donald Trump pretending to drive a truck on the White House lawn have become a viral meme. title: The Internet Is Having a Field Day With Trump in a Truck image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10a770bd848bff74/6988bfbff887dcea3ae998f5/gettyimages-656974866.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Internet Is Having a Predictable Field Day With President Trump in a Truck by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2017 2:52 PM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the cab of a truck as he welcomes members of American Trucking Associations to the White House March 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the cab of a truck as he welcomes members of American Trucking Associations to the White House March 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2017 2:52 PM CUT Throughout his first few months in office, President Trump has proved himself a [ripe meme target](http://time.com/4417439/donald-trump-mike-pence-kiss/ "undefined"), but he has never been quite so meme-able as he was on Thursday when he took the [driver’s seat of a truck](http://time.com/4711764/donald-trump-pretend-truck-photo-white-house/ "undefined"). Before Trump met with trucking industry representatives to discuss his health care bill proposals and infrastructure, he climbed into the cab of a semi-truck parked on the White House lawn and pretended to drive. The photos of him enjoying the moment have lit up the internet. “I am honored to welcome all of the many truckers and … industry leaders to the White House,” he said during the meeting Trump meeting, according to the [Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-america-depends-on-truck-drivers/2017/03/23/0c9ae300-1004-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8%5Fvideo.html "undefined"). “America depends on you, and you work very hard for America.” Onlookers lavished attention on the moment by clapping and snapping photos, which naturally became the latest viral meme skewering him from all angles by imagining him in _Mad Max: Fury Road_ and and on a punk rock album cover. > [](https://twitter.com/danozzi/status/845005105279750144) > [](https://twitter.com/edgarwright/status/845023675241811968) > [](https://twitter.com/joshbtucker/status/845018435415425033) > [](https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/845015704713773057) > [](https://twitter.com/russellbrandom/status/845015468687704064) > [](https://twitter.com/devancoggan/status/845013807802011648) > [](https://twitter.com/LPizzle/status/845032611126882304) > [](https://twitter.com/woodsie%5Ftv/status/845018348186468352) > [](https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/845014254545616897) > [](https://twitter.com/chillmage/status/845012304001470464) > [](https://twitter.com/steverosephotos/status/845022315838488577) > [](https://twitter.com/joshpetri/status/845016699845922816) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/845012025164095489) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4712249/trump-truck-photo-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4712249/trump-truck-photo-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Having a Predictable Field Day With President Trump in a Truck","datePublished":"2017-03-24T14:52:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:12.958Z","description":"Photos of President Donald Trump pretending to drive a truck on the White House lawn have become a viral meme.","url":"https://time.com/4712249/trump-truck-photo-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","White House","Donald Trump","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10a770bd848bff74/6988bfbff887dcea3ae998f5/gettyimages-656974866.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10a770bd848bff74/6988bfbff887dcea3ae998f5/gettyimages-656974866.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the cab of a truck as he welcomes members of American Trucking Associations to the White House March 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.","caption":"U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the cab of a truck as he welcomes members of American Trucking Associations to the White House March 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4712249/trump-truck-photo-memes/","name":"The Internet Is Having a Predictable Field Day With President Trump in a Truck"}}]}] ```