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Trump’s Presidential Alert Text Yielded The Best Damn Memes We’ve Seen This Year

"Tiffany Trump getting that first-ever text from daddy today."

Today, Wednesday Oct. 3, something none of us asked for happened. (And no, we aren't talking about your co-worker who won't stop quoting Mean Girls.

Just after 2 p.m., the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission tested their first presidential alert by sending this message to the phones of all Americans.

  • Everyone with a cellphone should have received the text

  • At first, everyone complained about the unsolicited message

  • But then the memes arrived, and they were splendid

  • Eventually celebs, musicians, companies, sports teams, etc used the trend to promote themselves

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