Of all the strange things in a very unusual conversation between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull, the internet has crowned just one to be the day’s meme-in-chief.
A newly published transcript of the phone call between the US president and the Australian prime minister shows the pair discussing a deal made under the Obama administration to resettle to the US more than 1,000 refugees currently held in Australia’s offshore detention centres.
It’s a deal that Trump is not happy with and he made it clear during what was an awkward and combative phone conversation back in January. Trump said the refugees – who are mostly from Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan and Pakistan – would go on to be the next Boston bombers, which Turnbull pointed out was unlikely since the Boston bombers came from Russia. No matter, Trump was still very displeased.
“I hate taking these people. I guarantee you they are bad. That is why they are in prison right now. They are not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people.”
*steps away from twitter for literally two seconds*
— Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) August 3, 2017
"what the hell are local milk people"
I was asleep for a few hours, is "local milk people" Trump's new way of referring to women
— Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler) August 3, 2017
Who are the “local milk people”, Twitter collectively wondered? Are they deliverers of milk or dairy farmers? Is he remembering the era when they’d leave a pint on the doorstep in those glass bottles with the foil lids? Do they still exist in New York? When was the last time he bought milk? (He probably has milk people to do it for him). We may never know, but Twitter could at least craft it into a decent meme in the meantime.
I TAKE MY COVFEFE WITH MILK, PEOPLE! NO SUGAR, PEOPLE! #milkpeople
— Brad Benson (@badbrad002) August 3, 2017
Local Milk People pic.twitter.com/9kxtqRw93H
— 👇JillianSederholm👇 (@JillianSed) August 3, 2017
Local milk people pic.twitter.com/m0JtvzKsz3
— Erin 🎶Gloria🎶 Ryan (@morninggloria) August 3, 2017
Look at these immigrants who went on to work for the local milk people. pic.twitter.com/xulVQBPnzd
— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) August 3, 2017
Local Milk People needs to be a band STAT. Our first album will be titled "We are the 2%." pic.twitter.com/S9rQSnH3Co
— Katwoman (@CheeseNFeminism) August 3, 2017
Look at this sad local milk person. He's sad because refugees are not wonderful people who will go on to work for the #localmilkpeople. pic.twitter.com/TsDGh4fVLF
— Jon Fassnacht (@JonFassnachtRE) August 3, 2017
These? #milkpeople pic.twitter.com/51472oYl9U
— Barneyman (@Barneymanirl) August 3, 2017
"milk people" is a stunningly accurate description of Trump's base tho
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) August 3, 2017
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be local milk people https://t.co/b9OZlBLl2S
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) August 3, 2017
I dream of a world in which the Local Milk People unite with the Local Cookie People.
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 3, 2017
I want to live like local milk people. I want to do whatever local milk people do.
— Zoe Camp (@jzcamp) August 3, 2017
How good a person are you on a scale from Refugee to Works For The Local Milk People?
— Cyrus O'Merican (@CyrusOMerican) August 3, 2017
Why do I suspect that "local milk people" didn't include any chocolate milk people?
— Michael Lampers (@LampersMichael) August 3, 2017
To be fair, it isn't my dream to go on to work for "the local milk people" either. https://t.co/r9bVfrkOKC
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) August 3, 2017
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