--- ---  # Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Meme Was Taken Down Thanks to a Copyright Claim by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 28, 2016 5:18 PM UTC  Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Tuesday, July 19, 2016.Christopher Morris—VII for TIME by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 28, 2016 5:18 PM UTC A photo featuring a bowl of Skittles that Donald Trump Jr. posted on Twitter [as a metaphor for the global refugee crisis](http://time.com/4501061/donald-trump-jr-skittles/) has been removed from the site. Twitter removed the image from Trump’s post on Wednesday “in response to a report from the copyright holder,” according to a message on the post. The son of the Republican presidential nominee had [tweeted the image](http://time.com/4501061/donald-trump-jr-skittles/) earlier this month. It included text reading: “If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem.” > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/778016283342307328) The [photographer who took the photo](http://time.com/4502194/donald-trump-jr-skittles-refugees-photographer/) of the Skittles, David Kittos, told the BBC last week that he did not grant permission for the image to be used and said he would like it to be removed. Kittos was a refugee himself, fleeing Cyprus for England when he was 6 years old. Last week, a spokesperson for Wrigley, the parent company for Skittles, [said](http://time.com/4501061/donald-trump-jr-skittles/) the refugee comparison wasn’t appropriate: “Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy.” Wrigley did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Meme Taken Down Over Copyright ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4511789/donald-trump-jr-skittles-image-removed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4511789/donald-trump-jr-skittles-image-removed/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Meme Was Taken Down Thanks to a Copyright Claim","datePublished":"2016-09-28T17:18:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:53:28.656Z","description":"It was removed \"in response to a report from the copyright holder\"","url":"https://time.com/4511789/donald-trump-jr-skittles-image-removed/","keywords":["2016 Election","Social Media","2016 Election topic","Internet","Donald Trump","Donald Trump Jr."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt981da09ea94ede6d/69889cdffb4eac5ab488e5eb/donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-election-photos-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt981da09ea94ede6d/69889cdffb4eac5ab488e5eb/donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-election-photos-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL RNC","caption":"Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Tuesday, July 19, 2016.","creditText":"Christopher Morris—VII for TIME","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4511789/donald-trump-jr-skittles-image-removed/","name":"Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Meme Was Taken Down Thanks to a Copyright Claim"}}]}] ```