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Donald Trump Jr Flips Out on the BBC

Minutes after President Trump tweeted he had fired the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and replaced him with Dr. Ronny Jackson, the Physician to the President under both Trump and President Obama, Donald Trump Jr. flipped out on the BBC.
Apparently, this article’s title was not the the president’s son’s liking:
Trump picks his doctor to replace Shulkin as veterans secretary https://t.co/wXZkhipmT2
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 28, 2018
“You mean ADMIRAL Ronny Jackson who BTW was also Obama’s doctor? Just so we are clear and eliminate any of what your conveniently misleading headline suggests,” Trump Jr. tweeted.
You mean ADMIRAL Ronny Jackson who BTW was also Obama’s doctor? Just so we are clear and eliminate any of what your conveniently misleading headline suggests. https://t.co/xqxKsuqupe
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 28, 2018
Admiral Ronny Jackson’s official title, just as those before him who were White House Doctors, is Physician to the President.
For example, here’s a portion of Dr. Jackson’s 2014 official examination results of President Barack Obama:
On Twitter, many mocked Trump Jr’s freak-out:
I see that Grandpa Spouting Off Disorder is genetic on his father’s side. Maybe ADMIRAL Jackson can prescribe him something for that.
— Andrew Hopkins (@AndrewHopkins86) March 28, 2018
Misleading would be like someone saying that they met with the Russians to discuss adopting Russian children, but discussing a completely different subject.
— Henry Marquard (@hdm2001) March 28, 2018
Any doctor that thinks your dad is a healthy weight is questionable at best.
— Rich Swinton (@RicoSuaveJD) March 28, 2018
The headline is correct.
— Scout 🕊 (@about_scout) March 28, 2018
Yeah, that one…the one who has no experience as an administrator of anything, let alone the second largest bureaucracy in the U.S. government. Not good for veterans, only good for your father. Bad for the country. You are and will always remain a knee-jerk moron.
— Jennifer Davis (@daviscafe116) March 28, 2018
Guess you didn’t read the article huh Donny? Not really anything wrong with a headline stating a fact, you know. It’s a fairly standard core idea for proper journalism.
— Joel Birch (@JoelDTD) March 28, 2018
Yes the military officer he ordered to say that he weighs 239 pounds. pic.twitter.com/gOn9k5qvun
— Stamford Winklevoss (@winklevosss) March 28, 2018
Image by DonkeyHotey via Flickr and a CC license
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