Netizens compare German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to pirate after using eye patch to cover an injury on his face 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is being trolled on the internet after he took a picture of himself wearing an eye patch following a jogging mishap.

The chancellor fell and sustained bruises to the right side of his face while jogging on Saturday. He used an eye patch to cover the entire right eye and the injury and then posted the picture on X on Monday, September 4.

“Thanks for the well wishes, it looks worse than it is!” Mr Scholz wrote underneath the photo, dispelling any fears about his health.

Quickly, social media users began comparing the 65-year-old leader to fictional pirates including Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and the painting of a pirate used within the opening sequence of children’s cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants.

The chancellor’s spokesperson reacting to the accident said:

“He was in quite a good mood this morning, but still looks a bit battered,” Steffen Hebestreit said, adding that the photo was published “so that everyone can get used to how he will look in the next week or two.”