President Trump is by now infamous for his constant social media presence, and the barrage of increasingly desperate tweetstorms of denial following recent escalation of the investigation into his team’s potentially treasonous collusion with Russia has shown us why.
The president takes to Twitter to blatantly lie in an attempt to distract the public from one of his interminable scandals or to publicly attack perceived threats, like the officials he’s fired, with schoolyard insults and potentially illegal intimidation tactics.
We were thankfully spared that today when he accidentally sent out a one word message, his tiny fingers quicker than his slow-churning mental processes could handle.
He quickly deleted it, but Twitter immediately had a field day with it. Some of the responses are hilarious:
In that moment, he became President. pic.twitter.com/iLJVeGddbV
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) May 13, 2017
🎶 are NEVER, EVER, EVER / getting back to political stability in this country 🎶 pic.twitter.com/3XAUXBhm6F
— Kevin O'Keeffe (@kevinpokeeffe) May 13, 2017
It's happened, folks. #We broke him. pic.twitter.com/ajfeL6CpcS
— Impeach Him Now (@EvilLiberalPig) May 13, 2017
"The President's tweet speaks for itself."
-Sean Spicer, tomorrow pic.twitter.com/ERGhks8kYI— Justin (@CitchyIncognito) May 13, 2017
Just sent his very first tweet all by himself? #we pic.twitter.com/qf3QXInvAt
— Morgan Krauss (@MorganKrauss) May 13, 2017
…WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU pic.twitter.com/l2Iioxip7a
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) May 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/LordShaffy/status/863447040570912768
Although the first responses were funny, Adam Parkhomenko, a former aide to Hillary Clinton, saw an opportunity for protest. He started the hashtag #We and encouraged users to tell Trump what “we” want from him.
Use #We now and tell Trump how you really feel! pic.twitter.com/IU00s2zdOX
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 13, 2017
#We stand with the freedom of the press to do their job and will not let you take away the White House press briefings
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 13, 2017
#We want Congress to subpoena those tapes NOW! pic.twitter.com/FNTEg8whOZ
— Linda #IndictTheTrumpCrimeFamily (@knittinglinda) May 13, 2017
We are sick of all these wealthy incompetents being appointed to key positions in OUR government. #We object!#UniteBlue & #resist
— Lee in Iowa #TeamPelosi #Booker2020 (@Lee_in_Iowa) May 13, 2017
#We agree with this Republican assessment. pic.twitter.com/F0wYSYmQfV
— MurphinLA 🏄♀️🌞 (@AltFactsMurph) May 13, 2017
Perhaps the strangest thing about Trump’s Tweet is that it somehow managed to rack up 386 retweets and 316 likes. It looks like some of his supporters will endorse anything he does, including literally meaningless Tweets.
What do you think?
