--- title: Trump Brings Game of Thrones Poster to Cabinet Meeting description: Trump has brought back the Game of Thrones-inspired meme that he originally shared on Twitter for his first cabinet meeting of 2019. canonical: https://time.com/5492898/trump-game-of-thrones-poster/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-03T16:20:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:40.708Z og:title: Trump Brought a Game of Thrones Meme to His Cabinet Meeting og:description: And everyone's making the same joke og:url: https://time.com/5492898/trump-game-of-thrones-poster/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52cb040c1d4fe5ae/698942937cdbacb197d5ecb5/Trump-Game-of-Thrones-Poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump-Game-of-Thrones-Poster og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Brought a Game of Thrones Meme to His Cabinet Meeting twitter:description: And everyone's making the same joke twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52cb040c1d4fe5ae/698942937cdbacb197d5ecb5/Trump-Game-of-Thrones-Poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Brought a _Game of Thrones_ Meme to His First Cabinet Meeting of 2019  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 3, 2019 4:20 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump, center, speaks in front of a poster that reads 'Sanctions Are Coming' during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump, center, speaks in front of a poster that reads 'Sanctions Are Coming' during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 3, 2019 4:20 PM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5492636/donald-trump-generals/) has brought back the [_Game of Thrones_\-inspired meme](http://time.com/5443319/trump-game-of-thrones-meme/) that he originally shared on Twitter in November for his [first Cabinet meeting of 2019](http://time.com/5492007/trump-border-wall-shutdown-cabinet-meeting/). While reiterating his call for a complete border wall between the U.S. and Mexico during a White House meeting with his Cabinet as the partial government shutdown continued into its 12th day on Wednesday, Trump displayed a poster-sized version of the meme on the table in front of him. The graphic, which was first used by Trump to announce that he was planning to reimpose sanctions against Iran that had been lifted by the Obama administration, features a photo of the president overlaid with the words, “Sanctions are coming” — a play on _Game of Thrones_‘ famed “Winter is Coming” tagline. Some _Game of Thrones_ fans, as well as [HBO itself](https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1058424663972478976), spoke out against Trump associating himself with the show back in November. However, this time around, people were quick to point out the irony of Trump referencing the series to prove that walls works. “Walls Work, Trump Says In Front Of Poster Parodying Show Based On Premise That They Don’t,” quipped one Twitter user. > [](https://twitter.com/hardin/status/1080521237611327488) See some other reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/d%5Fheals/status/1080641373303382017) > [](https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/1080549708928610305) > [](https://twitter.com/BrunoTertrais/status/1080515985659125760) > [](https://twitter.com/KurtKurtbob/status/1080644390736023552) > [](https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/status/1080621590390333441) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FDavidCarter%5F/status/1080571715569242112) > [](https://twitter.com/jeremytcohen/status/1080519318394220545) > [](https://twitter.com/ceg6/status/1080698519177039872) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5492898/trump-game-of-thrones-poster/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5492898/trump-game-of-thrones-poster/"},"headline":"Trump Brought a Game of Thrones Meme to His First Cabinet Meeting of 2019","datePublished":"2019-01-03T16:20:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:40.708Z","description":"\"Sanctions are coming\"","url":"https://time.com/5492898/trump-game-of-thrones-poster/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","Donald Trump","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52cb040c1d4fe5ae/698942937cdbacb197d5ecb5/Trump-Game-of-Thrones-Poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52cb040c1d4fe5ae/698942937cdbacb197d5ecb5/Trump-Game-of-Thrones-Poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump-Game-of-Thrones-Poster","caption":"U.S. President Donald Trump, center, speaks in front of a poster that reads 'Sanctions Are Coming' during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.","creditText":"Al Drago/Bloomberg via 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/5492898/trump-game-of-thrones-poster/","name":"Trump Brought a Game of Thrones Meme to His First Cabinet Meeting of 2019"}}]}] ```