# Trump Is Coming Trumpiscoming > Trump Is Coming is a 2016 participatory video challenge where someone yells "Trump is coming!" and nearby people scatter in exaggerated panic, derived from the "Andy's Coming" trend. "Trump Is Coming" (#TrumpIsComing) is a participatory video challenge where someone yells "Trump is coming!" and everyone nearby scatters in exaggerated panic. It originated on the morning of November 9, 2016, the day after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, and spread rapidly among American high school students as a spin-off of the earlier "Andy's Coming" challenge[1][3]. ## Origin Twitter user @EmiChavez uploaded the first known "Trump Is Coming" video on the morning of November 9, 2016, hours after Donald Trump was projected as the winner of the presidential election[5]. The clip showed a crowd of students fleeing the camera in a frenzy of screaming after Chavez yelled the now-iconic line[5]. The timing was no accident. The "Andy's Coming" challenge had already been circulating in early November 2016, itself riding the wave of the Mannequin Challenge, which had taken off just weeks earlier[4]. With the election result still fresh and emotions running high, the Trump-themed variation clicked instantly with teenage audiences[1]. - **Platform:** Twitter (original video), Vine / Snapchat (viral spread) - **Creator:** @EmiChavez (original poster) - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview The format is dead simple. One person acts as the caller and shouts "Trump is coming!" to a group of people, usually in a school hallway, cafeteria, or outdoor area. Everyone within earshot then reacts with over-the-top panic: screaming, sprinting away from the camera, crying, or otherwise performing total chaos[4]. The humor came from treating the president-elect's arrival like a disaster movie scenario[6]. The challenge borrowed its core mechanic from the "Andy's Coming" fad, where people dropped to the floor like Toy Story characters when someone yelled "Andy's coming!"[4]. But instead of playing dead, participants in the Trump version ran for their lives[3]. ## How It Spread Within days of Chavez's original post, copycat videos flooded Twitter under the hashtags #TrumpIsComing and #TrumpIsComingChallenge[5]. High school students across the U.S. filmed their own versions in classrooms, hallways, and courtyards, each trying to outdo the last with more dramatic reactions[2]. By November 17, 2016, the trend had caught the attention of major media outlets. TIME, Mashable, GQ, The Guardian, Cheezburger, and Yahoo News all ran stories covering the challenge that same day[5]. TIME described it as offering "a glimpse into the teenage reaction to 'President Trump'"[1]. GQ praised the teens' resilience, calling it proof that "the future's gonna be alright"[3]. The Guardian framed it simply as the new social media craze replacing the Mannequin Challenge[2]. Cheezburger's coverage noted the trend was spreading through "Vine or Snapchat or whatever kids are using these days," comparing the students' reactions to "a Tokyo resident in a Godzilla movie, except much more real"[6]. Mashable called it "the most terrifying challenge yet" and jokingly advised participants to "warm up your vocals for screaming, your legs for running and maybe even consider breaking out the tissues"[4]. Most participants appeared to be high school students too young to have voted in the election, channeling their reaction to the political moment into comedy[1]. The videos typically lasted only a few seconds, making them ideal for short-form platforms like Vine and Snapchat that were popular among teens at the time[6]. ## How to Use The challenge follows three steps, as GQ outlined[3]: 1. Find a group of people going about their normal routine (school settings worked best) 2. Shout "Trump is coming!" loud enough for everyone to hear 3. Watch as the group scatters in exaggerated terror while you film the reaction ## Cultural Impact The challenge landed during a specific window in late 2016 when viral video challenges were peaking. The Mannequin Challenge had dominated social media in early November, and "Andy's Coming" provided a bridge to more politically charged content[5]. "Trump Is Coming" was one of the first major post-election memes to process the 2016 result through humor rather than direct commentary. The wave of media coverage on November 17, 2016 turned what could have been a one-day Twitter joke into a nationally recognized trend[1][2]. The challenge captured a particular generational mood: teens too young to vote but old enough to have opinions, using the tools they knew best (smartphones and short-form video) to express themselves[3]. ## Fun Facts - The original "Andy's Coming" challenge it spun off from referenced the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story, where toys freeze when their owner Andy approaches[4]. - GQ specifically noted that viewers should "definitely not participate in if your office decides to make their own almost-certainly-wack version"[3]. - Cheezburger's writer deadpanned that the challenge was "barely funny" and "more just a thing to look at, nod your head, and say, 'Yeah, that sounds about right'"[6]. - The trend was part of a rapid-fire sequence of viral challenges in November 2016: Mannequin Challenge, then Andy's Coming, then Trump Is Coming, all within a few weeks[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Trump Is Coming? Trump Is Coming is a participatory video challenge from November 2016 where someone shouts "Trump is coming!" and everyone around them runs away in exaggerated panic[1]. ### Where did Trump Is Coming come from? Twitter user @EmiChavez posted the first video on November 9, 2016, the morning after Donald Trump won the presidential election[5]. ### What does Trump Is Coming mean? The challenge used comedic overreaction to process the shock of Trump's election win, treating his upcoming presidency like an approaching natural disaster[3]. ### How do you use the Trump Is Coming meme? Film a group of people in a normal setting, yell "Trump is coming!" and capture their panicked reactions as they scatter[4]. ### Is Trump Is Coming still popular? No. The challenge was tied specifically to the November 2016 post-election moment and faded quickly as the news cycle moved on[1]. ### What challenge came before Trump Is Coming? It was a direct spin-off of the "Andy's Coming" challenge, which itself followed the Mannequin Challenge in early November 2016[5]. ### Who started the Trump Is Coming challenge? Twitter user @EmiChavez posted the original video showing students running and screaming on the morning of November 9, 2016[5]. ### What age group participated most? High school students drove the trend. TIME noted most participants "were probably too young to vote, but are old enough to react"[1]. ## References 1. ['Trump is Coming' is the most terrifying challenge yet | Mashable]() 2. [Trump’s coming! The new social media challenge – video | Donald Trump | The Guardian]() 3. [The Trump's Coming Challenge Is Why the Future's Gonna Be Alright | GQ]() 4. [Trump Is Coming / #TrumpIsComing - Know Your Meme]() 5. [Second presidency of Donald Trump]() 6. [Challenge of the Day: Move Over Mannequin Challenge — Trump is Coming! - The Daily What - Daily Dose of WHAT?]() 7. [Trump is Coming! Viral Trend Is New Mannequin Challenge | TIME]() 8. ['Trump is Coming' is the most terrifying challenge yet | Mashable]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/trump-is-coming-trumpiscoming Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library