Politics & Government

New Donald Trump-Mike Pence Logo: 'What is the T doing to that P?'

The Trump-Pence duo shocked many with the suggestive appearance of its new logo.

What happens when you're a presidential candidate and you get a new running mate? You get a new logo.

And that's exactly what Donald Trump got immediately after announcing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence would be his vice presidential pick. In an email sent by Trump's Make America Great Again Committee, the new graphic signifying their new bond was unveiled. One small problem: The only logos electronically distributed were low-resolution files, meaning they look blurry when they're sized any bigger than a thumbnail — like above.

The bigger problem: The logo is rapidly facing ridicule on social media for suggesting exactly how "close" Trump and Pence have become.

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As Politico described it:

An interlocking blue T and P (for Trump and Pence), with the T going through the white space in the P, appears to the left of four red stripes and three white stripes, imitating the American flag. Below the logo is Trump's name, in its usual font and blue color, and Pence's name below in slightly smaller type, and in red.

Naturally, Twitter couldn't help itself over the "suggestive" appearance of the new logo.

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Former Michigan congressman Mike Dingell had just one question.

Comedian Samantha Bee noted that it was damaging the foundation of America.

But Alex Seitz Wald of NBC News and MSNBC said there's nothing to see here.

Others saw it as a nice welcoming gesture.

But @darth shattered his warm fuzzies.

[Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr Commons]

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