On February 16, 2016, during his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Jeb Bush tweeted a photo of a personalized .45-caliber handgun engraved with his name, captioned simply with the word 'America.' The tweet immediately went viral, garnering a mix of genuine support and heavy mockery for its perceived pandering and surreal simplicity. It quickly became a defining symbol of the perceived awkwardness of his campaign. Today, the meme is used to ironically represent American patriotism, political posturing, or any situation where a single, dramatic word is used to justify something unexpected or absurd.