Pete Souza’s Got It Made In The Shade

You guys have morning social media routines, right? I tend to check Instagram first, and when I come across a post by former White House photographer Pete Souza, I usually groan and think, “Ugh, what did Trump do now?” Apparently I’m not the only one.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYPSm_mFNtM

Pete snapped President Obama back when he was a first-year Senator, and was by his side for the entirety of his presidency. His photos were acclaimed and became popular thanks to his ability of capturing moments big and small. But just because Barry left office, doesn’t mean Pete stopped posting photos of him online. In fact, he’s used it as a shady tool to comment on DT’s “governing” skills. And look, I don’t think Pete’s a bad guy for hitting back at 45 with cutting captions/photos of 44. I just think he’s “retaliating” in such a classy way that it’s worth giving attention to.

I don’t expect his posts to stop any time soon, so here are just some of my favorite shady comebacks by Pete over the past year, and DT’s jerk move of the day which prompted the post.

January 21st – Inauguration

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPjUHO6B3eB/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

January 27th  – DT Signs Executive Order for Travel Ban

https://www.instagram.com/p/BP2YDSDBHzO/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

January 31st – Neil Gorsuch Nominated For Supreme Court

https://www.instagram.com/p/BP81bFLBP_G/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

February 1st – DT Has ‘Worst Phone Call Ever’ With Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQBpp-fhAbm/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

February 6 – DT’s Cabinet and Administration Not Diverse

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQLbcLmBitE/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

February 7th – Betsy DeVos confirmed as secretary of education

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQOePK2BJII/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

 

February 11th – Awkward Handshake Number One With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQX453LBDvi/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

February 13th – Awkward Handshake Number Two with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQdz-OiheDa/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

February 15th – Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQiH0AvBNML/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

February 20th – “The Sweden Incident”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQxu3jflxyf/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

March 17th – Third Awkward Handshake With German Chancellor Angela Merkel

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRwG7KyFXrb/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

March 29th – DT Signs Executive Order at EPA Curbing Government’s Enforcement of Climate Regulations

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSLbQobFg38/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

April 4th – DT Orders Missile Strike In Syria

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSej45yFw96/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

April 10th – DT Skips White House Passover Seder 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSubSf8l5ke/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

May 4th – House Passes ACA Repeal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTq09rxltea/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

May 7th – WH Tells Press DT Is In Meetings At His Golf Course, Spotted Playing Golf Instead

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTy6VFJlVdZ/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

May 23rd – DT Visits Israel’s Holocaust Memorial, Leaves Note Thanking Amazing Friends

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUbyDy7l9PP/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

Bonus: Melania Swats DT’s Hand Away (and one of my fave ever pix of the Obamas)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUcFvT-l6Er/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

May 25th – DT Pushes Aside President of Montenegro at NATO

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUiXhWslde6/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

June 1st – DT Announces U.S. Will Pull Out of Paris Agreement (This is part of a larger photo series)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BU1jCy1lcLA/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

June 10th – James Comey Reveals He Secretly Met With Trump in the WH Green Room

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVKaYz8l8rD/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

June 29th – DT Mocks Mika Brzezinski; Says She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-Lift’

https://www.instagram.com/p/BV7k7AoFyCd/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

July 20th – DT Says He and Putin Spoke About “Adoptions” at G20

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWxLkUQlN7d/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

July 24th – DT Talks Winning (and other things) to Boy Scouts

https://www.instagram.com/p/BW8u34hl0Rv/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

July 25th – DT Calls Out “Beleaguered” Jeff Sessions on Twitter.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BW_WEwfFdNY/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

July 27th – DT Announces Ban Against Transgendered Soldiers in Military

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXDnMKVFM40/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

July 28th – Senate Rejects ACA Repeal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXGC_Y2FnBe/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

August 8th – “Fire and Fury” Against North Korea

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXlJs2SFmJj/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

August 12 – Charlottesville

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXy8Ds5FYIl/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

August 19th – DT and Melania to Skip This Year’s Kennedy Center Honors

https://www.instagram.com/p/BX_zBX1l-A3/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

August 22 – DT To Extend Military Presence in Afghanistan 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYE0JzdF49B/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza

August 30th – Hurricane Harvey Hits Houston

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYbL0cNFsMC/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza