![I'll Handle Them, Mr. President I'll Handle Them Mr President meme format and comic depicting a man watching a TV in the dark holding a rifle.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/045/592/cover12.jpg)
I'll Handle Them, Mr. President
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About
I'll Handle Them, Mr. President is a political cartoon by Tom Garrahan in which an armed man in a MAGA hat watches Donald Trump's speech on TV, replying "I'll handle them, Mr. President" while holding a rifle. Posted in 2019, the cartoon has since gained virality as an exploitable meme format, with the man vowing to do the bidding of various people and characters edited over the television. The text in the speech bubbles is also commonly recaptioned in memes.
Origin
On August 3rd, 2019, cartoonist Tom "righthandedleftyartist" Garrahan published a cartoon depicting an armed man in a MAGA hat listening to Donald Trump complaining about "horrible people" in a televised speech, responding to him, "I'll handle them, Mr. President" (shown below, original Instagram[1] post no longer available). On that day, Redditor pm_me_your_pets24 reposted the image to the /r/PoliticalHumor[2] subreddit, where it garnered over 17,800 upvotes in six months.
![I'll Handle Them, Mr. President Template THESE ARE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PEOPLE... טווחרטת S TRUMP Tarrahan@2019 ©2019righthandedleftyartist I'LL HANDLE THEM, MR. PRESIDENT.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/617/880/6ea.jpg)
Spread
On August 4th, 2019, GotFunnyPictures[3] user David "Garsedj" Touchdown posted the earliest known edit of the cartoon, replacing Donald Trump with the Lorax. The post gained over 5,300 views and 80 upvotes on the site in four years (shown below).
![Dr Seuss turn people into eco-fascists I'LL HANDLE THEM, Nature is on its deathbed, MR. Lorax I want those f------ dead! TaNTAN20 2019righthandedleftyartist](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/528/106/8e8.jpg)
The format did not see further spread until March 2021. On March 13th, 2021, Twitter[4] user @NuclearOutPoint posted a now-deleted Tomato Town Massacre meme using the format that received over 2,400 retweets and 25,400 likes prior to removal (shown below, left).
The format maintained moderate prevalence online in 2022 and 2023. For example, on September 28th, 2022, an unknown Redditor posted a Wario meme that accumulated over 7,200 upvotes on /r/okbuddyretard[5] in 10 months (shown below, right).
![We Must Wipe Out Tomate Town We must wipe out tomato town HURTIG TRUMP I'LL HANDLE THEM, MR. PRESIDENT.](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Wario is your new master now | /r/okbuddyretard Obey me wario, destroy mario I'LL HANDLE THEM, Wario](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/449/270/840.png)
Various Examples
![I'll Handle Them, Osaka THESE ARE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DAIOHS... I'LL HANDLE THEM. OSAKA @AZUMANGARAP.TV](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/617/889/ecc.jpg)
![I'll Handle Them Caesar We march on Rome I'LL HANDLE THEM, Caesar](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/617/888/b88.jpg)
![I'll Handle Them, Josie oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang I'LL HANDLE THEM, Josie](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![I'll Handle Them, Anime Family Guy THESE ARE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PEOPLE... PAS Tar@2019 2019righthandedleftyartist I'LL HANDLE THEM, ANIME FAMILYGUY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/617/885/eaa.jpg)
![I'll Handle Them, Martha THESE ARE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PEOPLE... MARTHA SPEAKS I'LL HANDLE THEM, MARTHA 11](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![I'll Handle Them, Mr. Shooter shooter @negativexp123 Go forth and do my bidding my army of incels HUMTIM I'LL HANDLE THEM, MR. shooter](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Template
![I'll Handle Them, Mr. President Template THESE ARE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PEOPLE... טווחרטת S TRUMP Tarrahan@2019 ©2019righthandedleftyartist I'LL HANDLE THEM, MR. PRESIDENT.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/617/880/6ea.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Instagram – youknownothing45
[2] Reddit – I’ll handle them, Mr. President.
[3] GotFunnyPictures – Dr Seuss turn people into eco-fascists
[4] Internet Archive – @NuclearOutPoint
[5] Reddit – Wario is your new master now
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