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Donald Trump Bringing Up ‘Forest Cities’ At Debate Sparks ‘Star Wars’ Memes
By Thanussha Priyah, 30 Sep 2020
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Image via Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com and IMDb
President Donald Trump cited “forest cities” during the 2020 presidential debate with former vice president Joe Biden, and Stars Wars fans were quick to come up with hilarious memes related to Ewoks on Twitter.
Trump had spoken about climate change, and a suggested better “management” of forests as a part of his solution. “In Europe, they live, they have forest cities, they’re called forest cities,” Trump said. “They maintain their forest, they manage their forest. I was with the head of a major country, it’s a forest city.”
In the 1983 sci-fi film Return of the Jedi, viewers encountered the forest moon of Endor, which is home to the furry creatures known as Ewoks.
The mention of “forest cities” thus prompted many Twitter users to joke about Trump’s visit to Europe by referencing the Ewoks and the fictional planet.
"in Europe they live in their forest cities" - does he think Ewoks are European? pic.twitter.com/rXJ2OfIU6m
— Stu Motown #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) September 30, 2020
Forest cities pic.twitter.com/rmSgXsQtBb
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 30, 2020
forest cities pic.twitter.com/FCKnkft6fm
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) September 30, 2020
Forest cities?! WTF are you talking about?! Ewoks? pic.twitter.com/otEwTnHj7i
— ChiefCovfefe🇺🇲BaneOfAgolfTwitler (@ChiefCovfefe) September 30, 2020
Forest cities pic.twitter.com/fiG3p7kzHY
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) September 30, 2020
[via The Daily Dot, cover image via Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com and IMDb]
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