The penguin is holding the American flag and in the distance a Greenlandic flag is visible. The caption reads “Embrace the penguin.” However, the White House seems to have missed that penguins live in the southern hemisphere, which has amused thousands who commented on the picture.
Penguins are trending on social media after parts of Werner Herzog's Antarctic documentary - in which a lone penguin swims against the current to his own death - went viral. The US Department of Homeland Security has also released a film that includes the clip.
However, the penguin in the original documentary shows signs of mental illness, according to experts.
