'Deal with it' reporter is everyone's new favorite reaction GIF

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A magical moment from a recent White House press briefing was caught in GIF form, and it's just oozing perfect reaction goodness.

Behold, a White House reporter and IRL "Deal with it" meme guy John Gizzi:

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The Newsmax senior political correspondent's smooth moves from Friday's briefing were being applauded all over the internet by Monday. People just couldn't get enough of his glasses flick and eager crowd scan -- he seemed to be checking whether anyone had noticed his masterpiece.

The GIF quickly became everyone's favorite reaction meme of the week and hopefully forever. Gizzi also rocks an awesome hat in his LinkedIn profile pic, making him even more of a national treasure.

Gizzi himself retweeted several tweets about his "deal with it"-like moves.

See the moment for yourself at minute 24 at Friday's briefing -- which we can't forget also included hilarious drama over Press Secretary Sean Spicer's upside-down American flag pin.

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Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.

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