How Trump 'hits hard' in shutdown meme war: 'We're unburdened by traditional norms'

WASHINGTON — President Trump has spent the first three days of the government shutdown waging a meme war against Democrats — featuring House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in a sombrero and budget director Russ Vought as the Grim Reaper — driving engagement and conversation.

“We’re unburdened by traditional norms of what’s ‘acceptable’ in politics. We speak the people’s language, and people love this type of content,” a White House official told The Post of the unconventional messaging.

“Usually in government, there’s these unwritten rules, right? And we don’t subscribe to that.”

Insiders say the onslaught of online jokes, which have largely supplanted Trump’s typical daily media availabilities, has been devised mostly by the president and deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino.