WTH?
Angry and Desperate Donald Trump Declares He Should Be ‘Immune From Criticism’ in Crazed Early AM Tweetstorm
President Donald Trump kicked Tuesday off with a stunning declaration: he believes he should be “immune from criticism.”
Trump announced his expectation in an unusually-early, wide-ranging tweetstorm attacking the free press, including The New York Times, Paul Krugman, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” CNN, and Chris Cuomo. He also attacked the social media platform Twitter and the “Radical Left Democrats.” Starting at 5:59 AM he posted 12 tweets in rapid-fire succession in under two hours.
The President said he longed for the “old days,” when, “if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism.”
In the “old days” if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism. Remember, “It’s the economy stupid.” Today I have, as President, perhaps the greatest economy in history…and to the Mainstream Media, it means NOTHING. But it will!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
That’s entirely false on all counts, including that Trump is presiding over “the greatest economy in history.” He is not.
Bloomberg last August ranked the Presidents by GDP growth. President Bill Clinton had the greatest economic performance under that standard, yet he was roundly criticized, and even impeached. Presidents Reagan, Carter, and Ford, along with Clinton, all had their share of criticism, yet their economic performances were all better than Trump’s.
Trump’s other tweets falsely attacked Nobel Prize-winning NY Times economist Paul Krugman as “stupid,” “highly inaccurate,” and “obsessed with hated.”
He again called The New York Times “the Enemy of the People!” and suggested they “get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness.” He also once again lied that the Times had “apologized” to him after the 2016 election.
I wonder if the New York Times will apologize to me a second time, as they did after the 2016 Election. But this one will have to be a far bigger & better apology. On this one they will have to get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness-they are truly the Enemy of the People!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
Minutes later, Trump called Democrats the “Radical Left,” and “totally insane.”
He praised Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” while trashing its competitor, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,’ who he called “Morning Psycho.”
Sorry to say but @foxandfriends is by far the best of the morning political shows on television. It rightfully has BY FAR the highest ratings, not even close. Morning Psycho (Joe), who helped get me elected in 2016 by having me on (free) all the time, has nosedived, too Angry…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
And in a babbling, incoherent rant, Trump went after “discriminatory” Twitter:
“The best thing ever to happen to Twitter is Donald Trump.” @MariaBartiromo So true, but they don’t treat me well as a Republican. Very discriminatory, hard for people to sign on. Constantly taking people off list. Big complaints from many people. Different names-over 100 M…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
…..But should be much higher than that if Twitter wasn’t playing their political games. No wonder Congress wants to get involved – and they should. Must be more, and fairer, companies to get out the WORD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
He concluded with more lies:
The Wall is being rapidly built! The Economy is GREAT! Our Country is Respected again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
And then, simply, this:
KEEP AMERICA GREAT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
UPDATE: 11:30 AM ET –
So, to sum up…
Trump’s very stable twitter morn:
5:59: Krugman sucks
6:08: NYTimes sucks
6:14: Nazi rally!
6:18: Democrats suck
6:27: media sucks
6:44: Morning Psycho sucks
6:54: CNN sucks
7:04: incoherence about tariffs
7:26: incoherence about Twitter
7:32: Twitter sucks
7:46: WALL!
7:47: MAGA— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) April 23, 2019
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