--- title: Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Meme Taken Down Over Copyright description: The image was taken down from Twitter, citing a claim from the copyright owner. canonical: https://time.com/4511789/donald-trump-jr-skittles-image-removed/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T17:18:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:33.669Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Meme Was Taken Down Thanks to a Copyright Claim og:description: It was removed "in response to a report from the copyright holder" og:url: https://time.com/4511789/donald-trump-jr-skittles-image-removed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: 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=16:9 og:image:width: 5032 og:image:height: 2831 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL RNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Meme Was Taken Down Thanks to a Copyright Claim twitter:description: It was removed "in response to a report from the copyright holder" twitter:image: 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=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Meme Was Taken Down Thanks to a Copyright Claim > Sponsored content. 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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. 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