Tweetizen Trump – 2017-03-17 "Vets! Jihadis! Korea! Choo-choo!"

Ooooh. Looks like a high tweet count this morning, Donald. What's got your fingers in a bunch?

Oh. You've learned how to retweet stuff. Oh, my.

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► A budget that puts #AmericaFirst must make safety its no. 1 priority—without safety there can be no prosperity: [1P] (with link to budget [2P])

So how much (extra) military spending do we need? How much more do we need to use to build more stuff before we can relax a bit? We already spend as much as the next 8 or 9 nations on the planet combined — do we need to make it 10? 20?

► We will rebuild our MILITARY. We will keep our people SAFE. We will take care of our VETS. We will put #AmericaFirst [9]

► Attending a great listening session with @DeptVetAffairs @SecShulkin in the Roosevelt Room. We are going to take care of our VETS! #Heroes [10]

So it's true that your new budget includes extra money for the VA, and that's a fine thing.

Unfortunately, for vet needs beyond medical care, the other social safety net cuts will inevitably do them tremendous harm, especially those vets who are indigent, who need legal help[14], or, who, heck, plan to live on the planet more than another decade or so.[15] Vets have special concerns and needs, but they also draw on the services that you're frantically cutting so as to reduce the tax burden for a lot of wealthy folk who aren't vets.

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You retweeted Fox & Friends:

► FOX NEWS ALERT: Jihadis using religious visa to enter US, experts warn (via @FoxFriendsFirst) [7]

So how weird is it that rather than something about this from DHS, or from the State Department, you retweeted Fox & Friends … and then stopped talking about it.

Not that there was much meat on those bones, since the story basically was just "security experts" speculating that terrorists may have taken advantage of the R-1 Visa program to slip in — without any actual instances being cited, or the "experts" being quoted, or even any commentary from DHS or State officials.

You aren't being alarmist, are you, Donald?

► North Korea is behaving very badly. They have been "playing" the United States for years. China has done little to help! [8P]

Yeah, everyone's been concerned about North Korea for a while. China hasn't exactly been silent, but given their border with the country, they're a bit concerned (you know all about worrisome borders, Donald).

The question is, what to do about it? Do we want a land war in Korea? Or just some massive strategic bombing of suspicious places? Do we send in the IMF to take down the dictator? Start lobbing cruise missiles at him?

What actual strategic options do we have that we can afford to do — and from "afford" I speak not financially (massive Pentagon budget increase notwithstanding), but afford to spend the human lives (ours, theirs) and incur the diplomatic and geopolitical costs.

Maybe this will just turn out to be all bluster. But the North Korea's pretty nutso — they may be less willing to back down than you are. And that's a damned worrisome thought, regardless of what weapons systems they have ready to go.

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► Great progress on healthcare. Improvements being made – Republicans coming together! [3P]

I'm sure it's comforting for you to think so, Donald, but wishing doesn't make it so.

You retweeted Fox & Friends:

► VIDEO: Rep. Scalise — GOP agrees on over 85 percent of health care bill [6]

Yeah … how many 85% deals never close, Donald. Because that last 15% isn't the color choice for the curtains — it's profound philosophical and fiscal differences amongst the constituencies within the GOP.

Honestly, at this point, if not for the pressure to actually do something, this bill would have long since been round-filed.

► Great meeting with the @RepublicanStudy Committee this morning at the @WhiteHouse! [13]

The RSC represents some of the more conservative members of Congress, the ones pushing for even more draconian cuts in government health insurance programs. Outwardly, at least, it sounds like your visit went well[16], but the smiles seemed to be contingent on letting changes into the bill, and they push it in too conservative direction, some moderates (particularly in the Senate) may balk at what it will do their reelection chances.

Tricky bargaining afoot, Donald. Can you close this deal?

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► My representatives had a great meeting w/ the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the WH today. Look forward to tremendous growth & future mtgs! [4P]

Yes, nice that they got to meet with your representatives (as opposed to meeting with the Great Man himself). Of course, based another retweet[17], those "representatives" were led by your daughter, Ivanka.

Hey, remember back when Republicans used to be so miffed about the President using a non-governmental family member to do governmental kinds of things? Boy, those were the days.

Your SMMs also retweeted a Fox News post about February jobs (with a graphic which you tweeted about yesterday).

But then they retweeted:

► "The President Changed. So Has Small Businesses' Confidence" [11] (with article[12])

Donald! Donald, watch out! The Deep State has burrowed into your Social Media Minions! They're linking to articles at the New York Times! Donald, if you can still talk openly, tweet something outrageous about the fake news media, quickly!

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You retweeted "Diamond and Silk®‏", who apparently are bigly fans of yours:

► When the President says "You're Fired" That means: "Pack Yo Stuff and Go, Not Say "You Refuse to Go! #DrainTheSwamp Choo Choo Baby! [5]

Well, glad to see you're paying attention to the Important Stuff, Donald. Choo choo!

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Your Social Media Minions also tweeted under your name …

… The Irish premiere visiting (complete with snazzy video)
… wishing everyone a happy St Patrick's Day (in Gaelic). [P]
… a retweet of "America First Policies" about how your first 50 days were really keen.
… congrats to Dan Coats for being the new DNI
… a retweet of the guy who runs your Social Media Minions hoping that people will also read the @Cabinet twitter account.
… an invitation to see a joint press conference with Angela Merkel.

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[1] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/842403173742579714
[2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/2018_blueprint.pdf
[3] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/842494190990901248
[4] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/842506649122279425
[5] https://twitter.com/DiamondandSilk/status/840681298469502976
[6] https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/841224832981303296
[7] https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/841955896452304896
[8] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/842724011234791424
[9] https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/842472370141052928
[10] https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/842752987772674048
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[12] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/business/dealbook/small-business-confidence-trump.html
[13] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/842762240184999936
[14] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/legal-services-corporation-trump-budget_us_58cabca5e4b00705db4cef22
[15] http://time.com/4703569/trump-budget-epa-climate-change/
[16] http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/house-obamacare-repeal-thursday/

[P] A RealDonaldTrump tweet cross-tweeted on the official POTUS account.

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