Twitter Mocks Trump for Lie He Tweeted From G-20
‘Everyone Here Is Talking About Why John Podesta Refused to Give the DNC Server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!’
It’s rather telling that President Donald Trump sought comfort and solace during his trip to the G-20 Friday by turning to an old and dear friend: Twitter.Â
Faced with the unenviable truth that his fellow world leaders neither like nor respect him, knowing (hopefully) that as the new U.S. president he should be the center of attention but would not be, Trump took time out to tweet.
After Poland had a great meeting with Chancellor Merkel and then with PM ShinzÅ Abe of Japan & President Moon of South Korea.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2017
My experience yesterday in Poland was a great one. Thank you to everyone, including the haters, for the great reviews of the speech!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2017
Yes, “including the haters.”
I look forward to all meetings today with world leaders, including my meeting with Vladimir Putin. Much to discuss.#G20Summit #USA🇺🇸
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2017
I will represent our country well and fight for its interests! Fake News Media will never cover me accurately but who cares! We will #MAGA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2017
You can clearly see where his mind is focused. “Make America Great Again.” “Fake News Media.” And, “Much to discuss,” with zero specifics. But it was this insane tweet that has many on Twitter scratching their heads and just outright mocking the President:
Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2017
That literally is nonsensical.
First, John Podesta didn’t work for the DNC, so he had no say in the decision to hand over the server, or not. Podesta was hacked by Putin’s thugs, but, well, irrelevant.
Second, the CIA had nothing to do with the request for the DNC’s server, that was solely the FBI.
And lastly, no one, absolutely no world leader at the G-20 would be talking about any of this. It’s insane.
We can assume that any of the G-20 attendees who have seen this lie are mocking Trump behind his back. So again, Trump embarrasses America.
Here’s how Twitter responded:
Uh, Podesta didn’t work for the DNC. You’re mixing up your conspiracy theories & once again blaming Putin’s victims. Why would you do that? https://t.co/0560KIWxab
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 7, 2017
Aside from the utter improbability of Podesta as a G20 topic, such a refusal would’ve been a neat trick. The man didn’t work for the @DNC.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) July 7, 2017
Cool. Glad you were there to tell them that Podesta didn’t work for the DNC. https://t.co/NveNE7H3dE
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 7, 2017
Odd. What would the CIA have to do with an American based server? This is something for the FBI. Also Podesta didn’t control DNC server. https://t.co/4avWuzRBg4
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 7, 2017
Huge in Europe https://t.co/fsPgnI1J8f
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 7, 2017
If we’re just blaming Podesta for everything now I’d like to have a word with him about why iTunes sucks so much. https://t.co/qOi9cB1XMR
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) July 7, 2017
Forget for a second that nobody is actually talking about this. John Podesta didn’t work for the DNC. https://t.co/wdFSPUX3c8
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) July 7, 2017
1) This wasn’t Podesta’s decision 2) It was the FBI, not FBI and CIA 3) There is a 0% chance foreign leaders brought this up at the G20 https://t.co/zlwrnD8WOT
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 7, 2017
“Everyone” https://t.co/egCIAHAX6l
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 7, 2017
Russia? North Korea? Syria? Qatar? What everyone is talking about is John Podesta and the DNC. Got it. https://t.co/akBOHiiVRA
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) July 7, 2017
Japanese PM: “Can you believe that dolt is still talking about Podesta’s server?”
Valet Attendant: “What is a Podesta? Who does he serve?” https://t.co/ZQp2iJedIY— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 7, 2017
Trump pre Putin Meeting:Didnt happen. Democrats fault. Obama didn’t stop it. G20 leaders won’t stop talking abt fake news Podesta ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 7, 2017
Image: Screenshot via Bundesregierung/FacebookÂ
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