Al-Monitor | Fereshteh Sadeghi: �Sanctions are coming November 5,� US President Donald Trump tweeted Nov. 2, ominously warning Iran on the sanctions Washington would reinstate on the country. Both the typeface and the message were borrowed from �Game of Thrones,� a fantasy drama TV series popular both in the United States and in Iran. The meme shows the US president gazing into space against a steel gray backdrop reminiscent of the series' visuals.

Trump�s tweet immediately drew negative reactions, both for his parallelism between the sanctions and the series� much-feared �endless winter,� and the implicit casting of himself and his administration in the role of the �White Walkers,� an ancient race of humanoid ice creatures that invade the Kingdoms of Westeros to subdue its residents.

In a reply on Twitter, the Washington-based National Iranian American Council called Trump "a literal White Walker, fear-mongering, war-mongering, and championing division at every opportunity for political gain.�

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