Abby Phillip probably thought she was landing a sharp jab when she opened her CNN roundtable by likening Donald Trump to Batman, swooping into Washington, D.C., to “take over” the police force. Instead, she may have just handed the former president his next meme-fueled nickname—and Trump supporters are already running with it.
CNN’s Abby Phillip:
“Donald Trump makes himself Batman and the nation’s capital is Gotham City.”
That makes President Trump sound SUPER COOL!
Don’t think that was Abby’s intention at all. pic.twitter.com/DeNP1nUVwh
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 12, 2025
The comparison came as Phillip teed up discussion of Trump’s decision to invoke Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, effectively federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department and bringing in federal reinforcements, including the National Guard, to combat a wave of violent crime in the capital. “Donald Trump makes himself Batman and the nation’s capital is Gotham City,” she said. “The President of the United States has declared himself Crime Fighter in Chief, and he’s taking over Washington’s police force.”
I voted for this. https://t.co/WRMux4ElcV pic.twitter.com/nkA1jUNTE1
— Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) August 12, 2025
Phillip framed it as “unsettling and unprecedented,” echoing D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s objections. But within minutes of the segment airing, social media lit up with a very different tone. MAGA voters embraced the imagery, flooding X with memes of Trump in the cape and cowl—often with Vice President JD Vance rendered as a grinning Robin.
We call this stumbling upon truth https://t.co/DVDeXONGdD
— Derek. (@SuitablePolitic) August 12, 2025
“I voted for this,” one user wrote alongside an AI-generated Trump-as-Batman portrait. Another posted, “I’m whatever Gotham needs me to be,” with the Dark Knight’s silhouette swapped for Trump’s profile. Others simply called Phillip’s remark a moment of accidental truth-telling.
CNN’s Abby Phillip: “Donald Trump makes himself Batman and the nation’s capital is Gotham City.”
President Trump: “I am Batman” https://t.co/GiwUHsSO8X pic.twitter.com/HfTcPkfGHp
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 12, 2025
Longtime Trump watchers were quick to recall that this isn’t the first time he’s worn the Batman mantle—at least rhetorically. Years ago, when a child asked him if he was Batman, Trump didn’t hesitate: “I am Batman!”
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