Also called Donald Trump Worst Trade Deal · Worst Trade Deal in History · Maybe Ever
A small exchange gets the most dramatic possible verdict. Add what you gave up and what you received, then let the existing subtitle declare it a terrible deal.
The joke treats an ordinary disappointment like a negotiation gone disastrously wrong. Time, snacks, game items, or favors can all become the things being traded.
The mismatch matters: the speaker gave up something valuable and received much less in return. The exaggerated verdict supplies the reaction.
During the September 26, 2016 presidential debate, Donald Trump criticized NAFTA as an exceptionally bad trade agreement. The official transcript confirms the date and wording. The longer subtitle printed on this meme is a rewritten version, not a verbatim transcript of that remark. [1]
Know Your Meme records an Instagram example posted by @memegourmet on December 27, 2016. Twitter and Reddit variations followed in early 2017, applying the reaction to disappointing personal exchanges. [2]
Put the exchange in the blue space at the upper left. Leave the face, raised hand, and existing yellow subtitle visible.
Keep the trade specific: something you gave up, followed by the disappointing return. You do not need to repeat the verdict in your own caption.
Original captions to try with this template.
The entertainment came at the cost of a much more valuable hour of rest.
More items arrive, but none has the value of the one given away.
A tiny food exchange is judged with the seriousness of an international negotiation.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
The official transcript establishes the date and the actual NAFTA remarks.
Documents the December 2016 image macro and early 2017 spread.
