By now, you're (hopefully) familiar with Pete "Shade-Throwing Master" Souza [1], Barack Obama's photographer and a true American hero. The former White House employee is known for unabashedly criticizing Donald Trump via his Instagram account [2], where he takes digs at the POTUS every time he makes headlines for something negative (see: just about every day at this point). Needless to say, when Trump caused a kerfuffle with a particular statement regarding the deadly school shooting in Parkland, FL [3], Souza couldn't resist using it as fodder for yet another mic-drop-worthy takedown.
On Feb. 26, during a White House gathering of governors from across the US, Trump asserted that he would've run into the Florida high school to help students and teachers avoid the shooter. "I think, I really believe I'd run in there, even if I didn't have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done that too," Trump said, according to CNN [4]. Hmm . . . something tells us this is a load of bogus, and apparently Souza thought so, too.
Soon after Trump's comments began circulating on the internet, Souza took to social media to call out Trump with a simple yet effective burn [6], as per usual. The photojournalist shared an old picture of Obama running up stairs and paired it with a caption that shaded Trump's physical fitness — or lack thereof, for that matter. "Back in the day when our President could run," he captioned the throwback snap.
Back in the day when our President could run. [7]
BRB, shipping the White House a package of ice because Trump may need some for that epic burn. Souza 2020, anyone?