When your dad wants you to paint the fence, he buys you a brush for your birthday. So why wouldn't Tom Hanks, America's dad, by the White House press corps a passive-aggressive gift. 

Recently, dad sent the White House Press Corps a new espresso machine along with a little message.

BREAKING: White House press corps receives brand-new espresso machine from @tomhanks. Come for the coffee... stay for his note. 👇 pic.twitter.com/cirbLKHEt0

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 2, 2017

The note is accompanied by a cartoon by Pulitzer Prize-winner Bill Maudlin, which contains the caption "Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners. (News item)," reads: 

To the White House Press Corps

Keep up the good fight for

Truth, Justice, and the American Way. 

Especially for the Truth part. 

The internet, as you can imagine, loves this. Check out some of the response below.

I don't know why, but for some reason this one manages to skip past being just mildly amusing and right on into being utterly baffling. It raises so many questions. Why is Tom Hanks so obsessed with gloves? Did he have some kind of traumatic experience with a lost glove? 

I'm willing to bet that at some point he painted a face on a glove and it became his best friend while he was stranded on an island, only for it to be lost at sea.