Trump Threatens Iran With Nuclear War in Insane All-Caps Tweet

Obvious Attempt to Distract From Russia Disaster

President Donald Trump late Sunday evening threatened Iran with nuclear war, and in a rare move did so in a tweet comprised almost entirely of capital letters. The move clearly was made to appear provocative enough to distract from the week-long news coverage of his disastrous performance announcing his support of Vladimir Putin and Russia over U.S. Intelligence services.

The rebukes were swift and the mocking massive.

9.5 out of 10 on the crazy scale

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) July 23, 2018

I miss game of thrones too

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) July 23, 2018

He’s gonna drag us into a war just to try and get his approvals up before the midterms, isn’t he? https://t.co/ZRwOgW5hwg

— Calvin (@calvinstowell) July 23, 2018

Live view from the White House… pic.twitter.com/EgkABXRWDV

— trump is gaslighting America (@mishegaas) July 23, 2018

@jack @TwitterSupport this has to violate some sort of rules.

— Joey Wintersteiner (@zurdozorro) July 23, 2018

WHAT IS GOING ON? https://t.co/ZH7CcM219T

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 23, 2018

….Jesus Fucking Christ, dude.

— Nick Stevens (@NeroStevens) July 23, 2018

https://t.co/VBB9W8J9VE

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 23, 2018

Notably, in both cases, Trump didn’t issue his dire threat in response to a military provocation – it was words he doesn’t like. In the North Korea case, his aides didn’t expect the threat, immediately tried to play it down.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 23, 2018

That night we made the Iranians look like the sane ones.

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) July 23, 2018

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