J.K. Rowling Trolls Donald Trump With a "Harry Potter" Reference

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Only true Hogwarts students will understand.

J.K. Rowling doesn't exactly hold back on social media when it comes to dealing with Twitter bullies, and she especially lets her feelings be known when the topic concerns Donald Trump. The Harry Potter author has put the president on blast numerous times, and she was back at it again this week — this time with a reference that all Hogwarts students will immediately understand.

As HuffPost pointed out, Rowling took to Twitter yesterday, April 20, to share a photo of someone dressed as Trump. But it wasn't the silly costume or the conspicuous wig that fans noticed; rather, it was her caption. "Warning: there is a Boggart on the loose in Times Square," the author wrote.

For the uninitiated, a Boggart is a creature in Harry Potter-verse who can shape-shift into your biggest fear. The Pottermore website offers a pretty thorough explanation of the phenomenon, adding: "The more generally fearful a person is, the more susceptible they will be to Boggarts.... Like a poltergeist, a Boggart is not and never has been truly alive. It is one of the strange non-beings that populate the magical world, for which there is no equivalent in the Muggle realm." Furthermore, it's pretty tough to defeat a Boggart, as there's only one spell (that we know of anyway) that can do the trick.

Needless to say, fans were quick to jump in with Harry Potter references of their own. "Are we sure it's not a Dementor?" one person responded, adding: "I feel cold, like all the happiness in the world has been sucked out of me when it is near." Another Twitter user replied to say: "Wait, what did it originally look like? This is clearly after someone's yelled Riddikulus." One person wondered if that's what Boggarts look like in their "natural state," while this reaction photo just pretty much summed it all up.

Well, there you have it. Score another internet point for J.K. Rowling, who manages to always keep Twitter fun...and with plenty of wizardly references to spare.

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