# Potato Trump In early 2019, an anonymous edit surfaced showing Donald Trump with his head shrunk down to a small lumpy shape, producing what /pol/ users started calling Potato Trump. The image spread on 4chan during the 2020 Democratic primary run-up, mostly shared by posters backing Andrew Yang over the sitting president[3]. It became a persistent Yang Gang shitpost and one of the odder anti-Trump edits to come out of that election cycle. ## Origin The exact creator of the Potato Trump edit is not documented[3]. The earliest known posting of the image came on January 8, 2019, when the Twitter account @BigFitGroyper attached it to a message about Senator Lindsey Graham and Israel[3]. The image had limited visibility until users on 4chan's /pol/ board[2] picked it up two months later, during the run-up to the 2020 Democratic primary. - **Platform:** Twitter (initial post) / 4chan (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview The Potato Trump image works by shrinking Trump's head to a tiny, oddly-shaped lump on top of his suit, keeping enough of his face visible that viewers still recognize him but making the composition look deliberately amateurish[3]. That ugly, obviously-fake quality is the joke; Yang Gang posters treated the edit like a bad-on-purpose reaction pic aimed at then-President Trump. Threads pairing the image with pro-Yang text or absurdist political captions turned it into a running /pol/ inside joke through spring 2019, tied to the wider Yang Gang meme push that helped Andrew Yang draw attention during his Democratic primary campaign[1]. ## How to Use Users typically start with the low-resolution photoshopped image of Trump's shrunken head and post it on 4chan or Twitter with captions mocking Trump or promoting Andrew Yang[3]. Common convention pairs the image with absurdist political text rather than sharp commentary, keeping the joke rooted in how bad the edit looks. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Potato Trump? Potato Trump is a low-resolution photoshopped image of Donald Trump with his head shrunk down to a small lumpy shape, popular on 4chan's /pol/ board during the 2020 US election cycle[3]. ### Where did Potato Trump come from? The earliest known posting of the image came from the Twitter account @BigFitGroyper on January 8, 2019, before the image spread to /pol/ in March 2019[3]. ### What does Potato Trump mean? The image was used mainly by Yang Gang posters on 4chan to mock Donald Trump while backing Andrew Yang's 2020 Democratic primary run[1]. ### How do you use Potato Trump? People typically post the shrunken-head Trump image on 4chan or Twitter with pro-Yang or absurdist political captions[3]. ### Is Potato Trump still popular? Activity around the image dropped off after the 2020 primary, and it now reads as a historical Yang Gang footnote tied to 4chan's /pol/ board[2]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Yang]() 2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/potato-trump]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/potato-trump Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library