Overview

• On August 7, Donald Trump Jr. shared a photoshopped image on his verified Instagram showing President Trump on the White House roof tossing a neon green dildo toward a WNBA game.
• The post has drawn over 80,000 likes and sparked polarized online reactions, including calls to release Jeffrey Epstein files and accusations of hypocrisy.
• The WNBA condemned both the real-world sex-toy tossings as safety hazards and Trump Jr.’s meme for trivializing the incidents, warning of stadium bans and potential arrests.
• Lead Stories and other fact-checkers confirmed that Trump Jr.’s Instagram meme is authentic and intentionally references a series of actual dildo-throwing incidents at women’s basketball games.
• The original dildo-toss trend has been linked to a crypto company’s viral campaign, prompting at least two spectator arrests and renewed concern over harassment driven by crypto culture.