Trump insiders reveal dire mood and private panic in 'vibe check' to reporter

Those closest to President Donald Trump are not in a good place, and they are coping with memes.

On Monday, Dasha Burns, the White House bureau chief for Politico, took to X with a lengthy thread detailing the dire mood and private panic rippling through "Trumpworld," revealing that she pressed various sources for what memes and GIFs they would use to describe how they are feeling about the president's multiplying scandals.

"VIBE CHECK: I asked Trumpworld for memes that illustrate the mood at the White House right now – as the president is blockading the Strait of Hormuz, feuding with Pope Leo and memeing himself as Jesus (or a doctor?)," Burns wrote to kick off the thread.

Alongside that intro, she shared a GIF from the classic British sitcom, The IT Crowd, in which a character attempts to remain focused on work while a fire burns just a few feet away from them. Burns attributed the meme to "an admin official."

Independent of each other, "two people close to the White House" sent Burns the same famous meme featuring a cartoon dog sitting at a table while surrounded by a house fire, with text reading "It's fine. Everything is fine."

Someone credited as a "White House ally" sent Burns a presumably sarcastic GIF of Trump giving a speech while claiming that "my personality is going to keep us out of wars."

Another source, credited as "a GOP operative close to the White House," sent an image featuring a painting of Jesus holding his head in frustration, alongside the text, "Time to flood the Earth."

Burns wrapped up the thread with two images she received from a "person close to the White House," who sent the photo of Trump holding up a fist after his assassination attempt to describe how they would tell people they are feeling about things, and a photo of actor Jonah Hill looking exhausted in a movie alongside the text, "I guess bro," to describe how they are actually feeling.

Politico's Monday Playbook feature noted that Burns requested comment in meme form, given that they are dominant within the "communication style of Trump world."