Tweetizen Trump - 2017-08-09: "Maybe just follow Fox & Friends"

Tweetizen Trump – 2017-08-09: "Maybe just follow Fox & Friends"

It's been a busy couple of days. I've been tied up in some personal business. You've been threatening nuclear war. Crazy August, eh?

[Being a look at the @RealDonaldTrump Twitter account, with a glance at the @POTUS account, grouped for your topical pleasure.]

One thing I'll note, Donald — even for a guy on vacation (and, yes, I realize that the president only ever takes "working" vacations, esp. when saber-rattling about nuclear war), you sure fobbed off a lot of your tweeting the past few days on retweets of Fox & Friends. I know they're your favoritest TV show ever, but, c'mon …

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KOREA!

► The Fake News Media will not talk about the importance of the United Nations Security Council's 15-0 vote in favor of sanctions on N. Korea! [1]

Um … did you hear that on Fox & Friends, too, Donald? Because, golly, I'm pretty sure I read all about that vote in all the major media outlets.

Or is it that you're ticked off that those outlets aren't applauding the vote as a huge personal international triumph for you in solving the Korean crisis? Because now that you've had such a huge personal international triumph, the problem's fixed, right?

You retweeted Fox & Friends (!):

► U.S. spy satellites detect North Korea moving anti-ship cruise missiles to patrol boat [2]

Oops.

Oh, by the way, Donald, that Fox & Friends report? It was from an anonymous "leak." [17] You know, that type of information you always call "fake" and "probably doesn't even exist" when other people do it?

Oh, it was also a leak of classified information, Donald. You know, that sort of thing you are always criticizing as evil and traitorous and a threat to national security except when you do it?

May we assume AG Sessions will pursue this leak to Fox with as much vigor as he is pursuing leaks from the White House about stuff that embarrasses you?

► After many years of failure,countries are coming together to finally address the dangers posed by North Korea. We must be tough & decisive! [3]

Address them … how, again? Okay, some new sanctions, keen. But they clearly haven't cause the DPRK to back down.

So how are you being "tough" again?

What does "decisive" mean here, Donald?

You retweeted Fox & Friends (!):

► U.S. Air Force jets take off from Guam for training, ensuring they can 'fight tonight' [4]

So just a short time after you vowed to the North Koreans that they would face "fire and fury" if they kept threatening the United States, they then threatened the United States again by publicly speculating that they might attack Guam, a US Territory and site of major military bases.

So where is the "tough and decisive" part, Donald?

You retweeted Fox & Friends (!):

► Trump vows U.S. 'power' will meet North Korean threat [5]

And … how?

I'm not being disingenuous here, Donald. Obviously I am very concerned about this, especially if we actually end up going to war in this situation — a war that will have devastating effects on South Korea, probably Japan, and quite possibly a lot of other places including US territory.

Don't let braggadocio back you into a corner that makes that necessary, Donald.

You retweeted Fox & Friends (!):

► President Trump vows America will respond to North Korean threats with "fire & fury" in a warning to the rogue nation [6]

Complete with video of you giving an off-the-cuff Old Testament-style warning. Which, we know, will cause the DPRK to back down. Or, perhaps, ramp up their rhetoric.

► My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before…. …Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world! [7]

With all due respect, Mr President, bullshit. First off, no program to "renovate and modernize" our nuclear arsenal could possibly have made significant gains in just six months.

Second off, your claim that it was "your first order" is also demonstrably false [18]. Your first order was to "minimize the financial impact" of the ACA on people (deemphasizing enforcement of the Individual Mandate, the first of your ACA sabotage efforts).

It was a week later before you told the Defense Dept. to review the nuclear arsenal — a process that was started in April and is scheduled for the rest of the year.

That review doesn't include any actual updates or modernization. That will take years.

So is this just saber-rattling for the sake of the American public (and the DPRK leaders)? Do you really think it's true? Do you think it's going to actually sway Kim to back down?

I hope we will never have to find out.

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THE PRESS!

► How much longer will the failing nytimes, with its big losses and massive unfunded liability (and non-existent sources), remain in business? [8]

Still not failing [19].

► E-mails show that the AmazonWashingtonPost and the FailingNewYorkTimes were reluctant to cover the Clinton/Lynch secret meeting in plane. [9]

That sound is my rolling my eyes.

The emails in question show the reporters involved didn't think there was much to cover, but the editors pushed forward with the story, which was widely publicized. Oh, and the meeting was not held in secret.

But it sounds a whole lot more conspiratorial when you say it, Donald.

► After 200 days, rarely has any Administration achieved what we have achieved..not even close! Don't believe the Fake News Suppression Polls! [10]

If thinking that helps you sleep better at night, Donald, go right ahead.

Apparently [20], your concern here is over a CNN poll [21] showing you with a low approval rating, and 59% of respondents saying your first 200 days have been a "failure."

This, in your eyes, is a "Fake News Suppression Poll" (whatever that means).

Meanwhile, over at your favorite polling source [22], Rasmussen, the latest polling there shows … a 56% disapproval rating, with 47% strongly disapproving, and an overall Approval Index of – 20 [23]. That's better than where you were a week or go, but is still pretty miserable.

Or is Rasmussen now a "Fake News Suppression Poll," too?

You retweeted "The Five" (?):

► "Media bias is not just about what they report, it's also about what they don't report."-@jessebwatters #thefive [11]

Yes.

On a related note, you still haven't said anything about that Mosque Bombing in Minnesota, Donald [24]. Is that bias, too?

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POTPOURRI!

► I think Senator Blumenthal should take a nice long vacation in Vietnam, where he lied about his service, so he can at least say he was there [12]

Tell us again, Donald, about what you did in the war.

You retweeted Fox & Friends (!):

► Anthem announces it will withdraw from ObamaCare Exchange in Nevada [13]

And why is Anthem leaving the individual ACA markets there?

❝ In a statement, Anthem pointed to enrollment and policy uncertainty over CSRs [Cost Share Reductions] and the possibility the Trump administration stops enforcing the penalty for not buying insurance as reasons to leave the state. "Today, planning and pricing for ACA-compliant health plans has become increasingly difficult due to a shrinking and deteriorating individual market, as well as continual changes and uncertainty in federal operations, rules and guidance, including cost sharing reduction subsidies and the restoration of taxes on fully insured coverage," the statement said. ❞ [25]

So I guess you're bragging, Donald, about … breaking the ACA in order to prove it's broken?

► Senator Luther Strange has done a great job representing the people of the Great State of Alabama. He has my complete and total endorsement! [14]

I'm sure that the other two GOP competitors running 1st and 3rd around Strange will be disappointed, given that they're all running on being More Trumpier Than Thou [27].

You retweeted Fox & Friends (!):

► Millions of gallons of Mexican waste threaten Border Patrol agents [15]

It's a fascinating story, Donald. Mexico's waste and sewage management systems are problematic (it's really a very poor country, Donald), and somehow their failures … are some sort of plot … to drive away the Border Patrol? Or hurt the US? Or … something?

You retweeted Fox & Friends (!):

► France vehicle attack leaves at least six soldiers injured [16]

Truly a tragic occurrence taking place in France.

Oh, again, about that bombing at a mosque in Minnesota that you haven't commented on (or retweeted even Fox about) …? [26]

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Your Social Media Minions also tweeted …

… about Purple Heart Day.
… a retweet of Fox News talking about jobs added during your administration.
… a retweet from Ivanka about a WSJ article noting that Americans are less likely to be laid off today
… about the West Wing Reads (including, ironically, a note about your "chalking up a victory on North Korea and China")
… a retweet from Fox & Friends about the opioid crisis, a promise to hold a briefing about the opioid crisis, and remarks by you about that briefing.

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Tweetizen Trump – 2017-08-09: “Maybe just follow Fox & Friends”

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