Axios reporter Jonathan Swan grilled Donald Trump on the administration’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis (and a whole lot more) during an interview that aired Monday night on HBO. While the President’s answers certainly deserve public scrutiny, it was Swan himself who broke the internet with a face that launched a thousand memes. Here are some of our favorite takes from Twitter:
2020 is Jonathan Swan's face pic.twitter.com/71u4QHs0pF
— Mike Pierce (@millennial_debt) August 4, 2020
When you see a 528 sq ft studio is $1,775 a month. https://t.co/ag1eHRoGgu
— kevikev (@KevCoke6) August 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/SampsaNuotio/status/1290718807091224576?s=20
Me seeing my screen time report despite spending every waking hour on my phone https://t.co/RnHptpwTrq
— Samantha Ruddy (@samlymatters) August 4, 2020
— Tim Duffy™ (@TimDuffy) August 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/jasonshevrin/status/1290635410310336518
https://twitter.com/Carlislegendary/status/1290743828899598343
The HBO's interview between President Trump and Jonathan Swan is meme material pic.twitter.com/HEfGA45KTX
— Xema Fominaya (@WofWendetta) August 4, 2020
— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) August 4, 2020
Reading a recipe that calls for just one (1) garlic clove pic.twitter.com/iRkkKOm9aq
— Natalie Kitroeff (@Nataliekitro) August 5, 2020
Even Betsy Woodruff Swan, Jonathan’s wife, got in on the action:
Jonathan when I explain why clothes have to go in a pile on the chair instead of in the closet pic.twitter.com/gmSZIjDwG8
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) August 4, 2020
Daniella Byck joined Washingtonian in 2022. She was previously with Outside Magazine and lives in Northeast DC.
