Trump in Peach

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Trump in Peach refers to a series of parody posts and exploitable memes that intentionally misinterpret the word impeachment as "being put in a peach." First gaining popularity in connection to calls for the impeachment of the US President Donald Trump, the meme saw a massive surge in popularity after on December 18th, 2019, the US House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump.

Origin

Before May 19th, 2017, an unknown Tumblr user posted an image of a peach with the face of the United States President Donald Trump photoshopped onto it (shown below). On May 19th, the image was reposted on Who Is Sam Jarvis.^[12] In the following years, the image was reposted multiple times on Twitter, Facebook and other online platforms.

While posts which intentionally spelled "impeach" as "in peach" existed prior on Twitter, 4chan and other websites,^[1]^[2]^[3] the catchphrase did not gain significant presence until on September 24th, 2019, musician Lizzo tweeted^[4] "IM🍑MENT" (shown below), referring to the same-day announcement that the House of Representatives would launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The tweet received over 20,500 retweets and 124,700 likes in three months, with the Peach Emoji (🍑) gaining popularity in posts about impeachment.

On the same day, Twitter^[5] user @superpiss posted an ironic tweet inquiring why someone would want to put "dongal trunp" in a peach. The tweet received over 370 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, left). A similar tweet^[6] posted by Twitter user @BaskingBall1, posted on September 30th, 2019, received over 3,100 retweets and 13,900 likes (shown below, right).

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In the following weeks, screenshots of the September 30th tweet by @BaskingBall1 were widely circulated online, being posted on Reddit, Instagram, iFunny and other websites. For example, October 12th, 2019, repost by iFunny^[7] user Publix_Brand_Meme received over 28,800 smiles in two months. An October 18th, 2019, repost by Redditor^[8] AyeItsLuke /r/youngpeopleyoutube subreddit received over 4,500 upvotes in two months.

In the following months, memes based on the catchphrase and photoshops placing Donald Trump being put inside a peach gained popularity online on Reddit, iFunny, Instagram and Twitter. For example, a December 1st, 2019, post by Redditor^[9] Breadtilian in /r/okbuddyretard received over 3,900 upvotes (shown below, left). A December 4th, 2019, video edit by Instagram^[10] user bonzaliamar received over 218,000 views and 28,500 likes in one month (shown below, right), with an iFunny^[11] repost gaining over 47,000 smiles.

Following the December 18th, 2019, impeachment of President Donald Trump by the US Congress, the format saw a surge in popularity on all major social networks.