The 'Donald Trump Nero Fiddling' meme originated from a March 2020 tweet by Dan Scavino, then the White House Social Media Director, featuring a stylized image of President Trump playing a violin. The imagery alluded to the historical legend of Emperor Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned. While intended by the administration as a provocative statement against his critics, the image was quickly co-opted by the internet as a symbol of leadership ignoring a crisis, specifically the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the template is used more broadly to represent anyone blissfully ignoring chaos or significant problems while focusing on something trivial.