For people of color, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBT people, and pretty much anyone who gives a damn about the planet, or humanity, or avoiding the end of days, the weeks since Donald Trump won the electoral college have been dark. And they got even darker when he stepped into the White House last Friday. As a country, we’ve become accustomed to Trump’s lashing out via Twitter at anyone who disagrees with him, holds him accountable, or expects him to tell the simple truth, say, about the numbers that turned out for his inauguration. Since Trump is so obsessed with size, and we could all use a little levity in our lives, we present to you our new favorite Twitter account – Half An Onion (@HalfOnionInBag), which dares asks the question, “What if this account that is simply half an onion in a Ziploc bag ended up with more followers than @realDonaldTrump?”
The Half An Onion account launched on January 20th and already has 293,000 followers. To be fair, in Donald Trump’s several years of sharing his disdain and outrage about everything from Rosie O’Donnell to Hillary Clinton’s emails to Hamilton to Meryl Streep’s call to empathy, he’s amassed 21 million followers who are there because they actually believe in what he has to say or they’re trying to be the first to screengrab the outrageousness before he backtracks on what he’s Tweeted.
It’s going to be an uphill climb, but clicking follow on Half An Onion only takes a moment, and in a weird way, it’s a show of solidarity. Of course, those opposed to Trump’s policies should find lasting, effective ways to protest his policies and support people, agencies, planets, wildlife, etc… that are threatened under his administration. Here's a handy guide to upcoming protests, if you're looking for a place to start.
Not only is Half An Onion here to help troll Trump, it's also very witty.
