Perhaps nowhere is the fundamental unseriousness of our time more apparent than the extent to which pop culture has permeated political discourse. Thanks to our septuagenarian president’s baby boomer penchant for memes, “Game of Thrones,” HBO’s megahit TV adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire, has joined Harry Potter and The Handmaid’s Tale as the latest multi-medium series to become a partisan flashpoint.

Last week, President Trump posted GoT-inspired photos to both Instagram and Twitter with the caption, “The Wall Is Coming.” The meme promotes his desired policy of building a wall on the border with Mexico by referencing the famous “Wall” from the series, a towering, 300-mile-long, 700-feet-tall barrier of ice and rock fortifying the kingdom of Westeros’ northern border.