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Trump and his Venezuela team desperately tried and failed to recreate Obama’s iconic Bin Laden raid photo – 16 brutally funny responses
There’s only one story in town this weekend and it’s the US’s surprise attack on Venezuela and the capture of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
As the world continued to grapple with what it all means, the White House released images of Trump and his team observing the mission, which they dubbed ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’.
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— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 3, 2026
The photos show Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, among others, in what looks like a makeshift ‘SCIF’ (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) room at Mar-a-Lago.
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Trump’s now posting pics from what appears to be his makeshift SCIF / facility at Mar-a-Lago during the Maduro raid. pic.twitter.com/bNE1TaZ91o
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) January 3, 2026
And it brought to mind the photo of another US mission: Barack Obama’s 2011 raid on Abbottabad, Pakistan to capture and kill Osama bin Laden.
Last night wasn't this. First of all, in 2011 there were honorable intelligent people in the Situation Room. pic.twitter.com/DJYT3HJKVU
— The Unchecked Falcon (@songbird145A) January 3, 2026
People on social media were quick to point out the differences between the 2011 photos and the 2025 ones. For one thing, there’s the shabby black curtains around the room, which don’t seem very secure. And, ah yes, then there’s the fact that Twitter/X seems to be open on one of the big screens.
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Multiple images seems to show a big screen where they've searched "venezuela" on X. pic.twitter.com/JDeXaisg1U
— Evan Hill (@evanhill) January 3, 2026
Needless to say, people are mocking the Trump-Venezuela photo ops all the way to Caracas and back – starting with this modern classic mash-up video comparing Obama and Trump’s speaking styles when announcing major events like this.
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I've been laughing at this for the past hour pic.twitter.com/WD8358S0pW
— Community Notes & Violations (@CNviolations) January 3, 2026
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The clowns had Twitter open while watching the Maduro operation smh pic.twitter.com/xT4zEdF00X
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) January 3, 2026
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WAS DONALD SHITPOSTING AND ORDERING FROM KFC DURING THE MADURO OPERATION? https://t.co/j7XJuXNXag
— Governor Newsom Press Office (parody) (@AwesomeNewsom) January 4, 2026
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This is literally a Veep episode https://t.co/tmkhB1yAsp pic.twitter.com/6pJZiUgKIV
— Mike Nelson (@mikenelson586) January 3, 2026
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The Obama Bin Laden pics can never be beaten https://t.co/ffPaQpEisV
— Debbie Dingell Stan⬜️⬜️ (@AustinHoney30) January 3, 2026
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They monitor the situation just like how we do https://t.co/zrUitSuAaJ pic.twitter.com/dlG4TyMJ4j
— fejau (@fejau_inc) January 3, 2026
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This is his attempt to have his own version of the Obama Sit Room photo.
Except they're using god damned see-through curtains as a SCIF.
It's a miracle that these reckless amateur fucking idiots haven't already gotten hundreds of service members killed. pic.twitter.com/7F3gnPIvlL
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) January 3, 2026
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Yep. The photos suggest that US leaders were looking out for posts that might signal public awareness of the US military action while it was getting underway. The @sentdefender account is visible in one of the photos https://t.co/FQXOiI4T3E
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 3, 2026
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It goes hard if you’re a fucking moron https://t.co/mWU3SxlTLF
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) January 3, 2026
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Hmmm, that’s a familiar looking account in the background of that photo. pic.twitter.com/SI4bm44bdD
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) January 3, 2026
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Every time I think “this can’t possibly get any dumber” I am punished for thinking that https://t.co/sO9LkcxaDx
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) January 3, 2026
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Wonka experience curtains https://t.co/vRQrP8aye1
— Carey O'Donnell (@ecareyo) January 3, 2026
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I've never seen a man so desperately want to be another man. It will never happen, bud. https://t.co/5yK7oFzBYI
— Rhonda Elaine Foxx (@RhonnieF) January 3, 2026
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The Mar-a-Lago situation room. Bro destroyed a ⅓ of the white house and just works from home now. pic.twitter.com/CxKlS7yKtv
— Boston Smalls (@smalls2672) January 4, 2026
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Every time I hear about Trump using Mar-a-Lago for sensitive operations I remember that a ProPublica reporter with a boat and an antenna found that the compound had insanely dogshit security. https://t.co/gWHNkL4aVd pic.twitter.com/05KaOVR9xh
— Jason Paladino (@jason_paladino) January 4, 2026
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Funny how Trump’s been trying to recreate that Obama pic for a decade and manages to fail every time
— Isaiah Martin (@isaiahrmartin) January 4, 2026
Source: Twitter/X/WhiteHouse