The craziness that comes out of the Trump administration every day is almost too much to keep track of. And his Twitter account still hasn’t been shut down, which should have happened a long time ago in the interests of national security.
For example, Trump has been trying to make Middle East and Syrian policy through Twitter, while also using the social media platform to threaten Russia in a way that looks deranged and silly. It got so bad that the Russian foreign office had to release a statement specifically saying that Russia “does not participate in twitter diplomacy.”
This must have come as a shock to the President of the United States whose second favorite pastime (after traveling at taxpayer expense to his golf weekends at Mar-a-Lago) is to send tweets.
A portrait has been painted by insiders of the 71-year-old Trump sitting around by himself in his bathrobe in the White House residence, munching on McDonald’s burgers and watching Fox News. And he does this late at night and early in the morning — while tweeting.
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His first tweet this morning (at 6:03 a.m.) was a shot at the New York Times but might have made a lot of people feel better. He said:
If I wanted to fire Robert Mueller in December, as reported by the Failing New York Times, I would have fired him. Just more Fake News from a biased newspaper!
If I wanted to fire Robert Mueller in December, as reported by the Failing New York Times, I would have fired him. Just more Fake News from a biased newspaper!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2018
Now we know (thanks to twitter) that Mueller is NOT at risk of being fired! If he wants to fire Mueller he will just do it, and he hasn’t done it yet, so we have nothing to worry about, right? Of course, Republicans are practically begging him not to even attempt to fire the special counsel because they know what a disaster this will be for their party.
His second tweet is forcing a lot of people to do double-takes. Say What? He’s actually PRAISING California Governor Jerry Brown:
California Governor Jerry Brown is doing the right thing and sending the National Guard to the Border. Thank you Jerry, good move for the safety of our Country!
California Governor Jerry Brown is doing the right thing and sending the National Guard to the Border. Thank you Jerry, good move for the safety of our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2018
In the past he has done nothing but criticize and condemn Brown, so this tweet is a shocker.
His third morning tweet dealt with foreign policy. In it, he expressed his latest thoughts on Syria and ISIS:
Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all! In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our “Thank you America?”
Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all! In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our “Thank you America?”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2018
Here he is just toying with everybody. He’s such a tease, especially about raining missiles down upon Syria and killing thousands of people. He’s going to do it, but he didn’t say when! Gotcha! Ha Ha, it’s all a funny game to this madman in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
It’s just another day in Trump’s funhouse, and nobody knows what tomorrow will bring. Stay tuned to your twitter account for more details on U.S. Government policy as they become available.
I am a lifelong Democrat with a passion for social justice and progressive issues. I have degrees in writing, economics and law from the University of Iowa.
