Nickelback brings a swift end to Trump ‘Photograph’ tweet

Less than 12 hours after Trump used the Nickelback Photograph meme in an apparent attempt to deflect attention from the rapidly developing impeachment proceedings against him, Twitter has removed the video from its platform. Now, underneath Trump’s all-capped instruction to “LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH!” a short message explains that the video has been removed due to a claim from the song’s copyright holder.

So this is where we’re at in 2019. As presidential candidates and New York Times columnists call for Trump to be removed from Twitter over his threats and claims that a civil war will erupt if he’s impeached, the only people capable of stopping him are Nickelback, who at this point are more famous for being a band that everyone hates than for being a band that makes music.

As The Guardian reports, Warner Bros took action against a Trump tweet posted earlier this year for using part of a Batman score without permission. With Twitter unwilling to enforce its own policies against hateful conduct, copyright holders have become the last line of defense against individuals who Twitter has decided are above its own rules.