The Russian Embassy's Smug Pepe tweet

JAN 09 2017

The Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom posted a Smug Pepe in reaction to news of a coming meeting between Theresa May and President-elect Donald Trump, gathering over 9,000 likes in a day. The Daily Dot, Vox and IBTimes covered the tweet, describing the Smug Pepe illustration as a "racist meme" and a "white supremacist symbol", the fight over what the frog meant, conducted through an official government account.