{"id":133277,"date":"2017-04-17T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/tweetizen-trump-2017-04-17-they-like-me-half-of-them-really-like-me.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T21:32:03","slug":"tweetizen-trump-2017-04-17-they-like-me-half-of-them-really-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/tweetizen-trump-2017-04-17-they-like-me-half-of-them-really-like-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Tweetizen Trump – 2017-04-17 "They Like Me! Half of Them Really Like Me!""},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I had a busy Easter weekend, Donald. Hope you had a fine time in Mar-a-Lago (yet again). What sort of Tweet-of-consciousness did I miss while I was spending time with the family?<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

\u25ba Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens!<\/i><\/b> [1]<\/p>\n

What a very odd tweet. My first thought, Donald, is to say, “Because you repeatedly and vigorously called China a currency manipulator all through the campaign, even though economists and trade specialists told you that label was at least a decade out of date.”<\/p>\n

What’s fascinating here is that you’re linking calling China a currency manipulator, not to whether they are doing it or not, but to whether they are “working with us” on North Korea. Read that again — you’re telling us, Donald, that your accusations and name-calling are based not on the truth<\/i> but on what’s to your advantage.<\/i><\/p>\n

That’s not really new news, Donald, but it’s breathtaking to actually see it so clearly spelled out.<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

\u25ba I did what was an almost an impossible thing to do for a Republican-easily won the Electoral College! Now Tax Returns are brought up again?<\/i><\/b> [2]<\/p>\n

It’s amazing watching your brain work, Donald. With one breath, you revel in the election like it happened yesterday. Then with the next breath, you dismiss calls to reveal your taxes because the election was sooooooo long ago.<\/p>\n

So a few things:<\/p>\n

1. You didn’t<\/i> “easily win” the Electoral College. Your margin of victory depended on a handful of extremely tight races and was lower in Electoral Votes than the vast majority of presidents elected.[3]<\/p>\n

2. Wanting to know about your tax returns isn’t just an election thing. It’s an ongoing thing. Where does your income come from? How much in debt are you, and to whom? What investments do you have that your presidential actions might impact? It’s not a request that’s going away any time soon, Donald — get over it.<\/p>\n

\u25ba Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over!<\/i><\/b> [4]<\/p>\n

And there’s the counter-attack. I mean, “organized rallies” are obviously suspicious, right (except for your own, of course). And they must be “small” because you’re so popular (they don’t look small to me,[5] but I suppose it’s in the eye of the beholder), and certainly some secret, sinister force must have “paid for” them, because such protest couldn’t possibly have just happened without a deep, dark conspiracy!<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

\u25ba Our military is building and is rapidly becoming stronger than ever before. Frankly, we have no choice!<\/i><\/b> [6]<\/p>\n

Um … yeah, I kind of think we do, Donald. I mean — why do you<\/i> think we have no choice than to have a military that is “stronger than ever before.
\nIn the past, Donald, you were all about how Obama had, somehow, been making us weaker — but this tweet makes it sound like you’re looking not just to undo whatever damage to our military force you’re going on about, but actually increase our military beyond that.<\/p>\n

Why? Against whom? What wars are you planning on fighting?<\/p>\n

We spend more on our military than the next seven highest spenders — and a number of those are our allies. We spend 37% of the world’s<\/i> military expenditures. Why do we need to spend even more?[8]<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

\u25ba The recent Kansas election (Congress) was a really big media event, until the Republicans won. Now they play the same game with Georgia-BAD!<\/i><\/b> [7]<\/p>\n

But, Donald — that election is over … doesn’t that mean we should stop talking about it?<\/p>\n

No, but seriously, Donald, I read plenty of media stories about the Kansas election after it was over. Including (as you’ll recall from last time we chatted) how a district you won by 30-odd points, and that every GOP candidate has won by 20+ points since 2002, was suddenly only barely won by 7 points … and that with a last-minute full-court press of robocalls with you and VP Pence and visits by Ted Cruz and $150K from the RNC in TV ads.<\/p>\n

So, yeah, that election.<\/p>\n

But, then, we heard from you<\/i> about that election only beforehand[11], then right after the GOP candidate won,[12] and nothing since. Which just about mirrors the media coverage you’re criticizing, Donald. Bad!<\/p>\n

\u25ba The super Liberal Democrat in the Georgia Congressioal<\/i><\/b> [sic] <\/b>race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes!<\/i><\/b> [16]<\/p>\n

Wow. He’s a super<\/i> liberal! And a Democrat! Hide your children!<\/p>\n

I guess the fact you’re not even championing the GOP field (there are several of them) but trying to keep the Dem from hitting 50% in the primary (which would win him the seat) says that maybe you’re<\/i> a bit worried here, Donald. Polls are close,[17] but you probably will be able to revisit this during the run-off in June, at which time we’ll see where your popularity is.<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

\u25ba “The first 90 days of my presidency has exposed the total failure of the last eight years of foreign policy!” So true. @foxandfriends<\/i><\/b> [9]<\/p>\n

Oh, Donald. Watching Fox & Friends for your news again? You know that never ends well. But while it’s a cool phrase to (misquote) from Fox & Friends,[10] for those of us without the spare time to watch them in the morning, what specific “total failures” have your first 90 days exposed? How have you made things better since then, aside from blowing $100M on a Tomahawk strike, and another $230K on a MOAB? Inquiring minds want to know.[13]<\/p>\n

A bit later you tweeted about a book that was flacked on Fox & Friends[10,14], and then a bit after that you noted:<\/p>\n

\u25ba The Fake Media (not Real Media) has gotten even worse since the election. Every story is badly slanted. We have to hold them to the truth!<\/i><\/b> [15]<\/p>\n

Which is hysterical from a guy who has been tweeting from Fox & Friends (not to mention the Drudge Report). This presumably came from a Fox & Friends segment about slanted media coverage of the Tax Day Protests.[10]<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

And finally, you retweeted Drudge Report (!):<\/p>\n

\u25ba TRUMP APPROVAL HITS 50%<\/i> [18]<\/p>\n

This in turn links to the Rasmussen poll results[19] that show that 50% of Likely US Voters approve of your job performance. That’s still down from your peak at 59% right after your inauguration, but up from your 42% nadir in that poll. 30% strongly approve; 39% Strongly disapprove, which means you have Presidential Approval Index of -9.<\/del><\/p>\n

While there’s some skepticism (Fake News!) about Rasumssen’s polling, which usually trends conservative, and other current surveys aren’t quite as bullish on you, Donald (Gallup approval 41%, disapproval 53%; Marist approval 39%, disapproval 49%; CBS News approval 43%, disapproval 52%), everyone agrees that your approval rating has climbed since you stopped focusing so unsuccessfully on health insurance reform and started lobbing missiles at Syria.[20]<\/del><\/p>\n

So … um … good job?<\/del><\/p>\n

===<\/del><\/p>\n

You and\/or Your Social Media Minions published under your name breathless news about …<\/del><\/p>\n

… meeting Atlanta first responders.<\/del>
\n… a new VA website that had wait times and performance data.<\/del>
\n… a CENTCOM press release about dropping a MOAB.<\/del>
\n… your weekly address [P]<\/del>
\n… the daughter of an NYPD 9\/11 victim who just joined the NYPD.<\/del>
\n… a retweet of Melania looking forward to today’s Easter Egg Roll [P]<\/del>
\n… a retweet of a Drudge Report (!) tweet about a Fox News article about an arrest in a 2010 Border Patrol agent during the Fast & Furious thingamajiggie.<\/del>
\n… a Happy Easter wish. [P]<\/del>
\n… live coverage of the Easter Egg Roll! <\/del><\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

[1] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853583417916755968<\/a>
\n[2] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853595628655587334<\/a>
\n[3] http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/statements\/2016\/dec\/12\/donald-trump\/donald-trumps-electoral-college-victory-was-not-ma\/<\/a>
\n[4] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853597199619543041<\/a>
\n[5] http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/tax-day-protesters-round-us-demand-trump-release\/story?id=46818583<\/a>
\n[6] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853604334944354305<\/a>
\n[7] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853771244579282944<\/a>
\n[8] https:\/\/www.nationalpriorities.org\/campaigns\/us-military-spending-vs-world\/<\/a>
\n[9] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853942936337350656<\/a>
\n[10] http:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-calls-barack-obama-foreign-policy-total-failure\/<\/a>
\n[11] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/851781714028494849<\/a>
\n[12] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/852138509355933697<\/a>
\n[13] http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/real-cost-of-moab-mother-of-all-bombs-170-000-2017-4<\/a>, http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/04\/14\/heres-how-much-mother-of-all-bombs-actually-cost-according-to-the-air-force\/<\/a>
\n[14] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853944453538750464<\/a>
\n[15] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853945633903923200<\/a>
\n[16] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/853964023846588420<\/a>
\n[17] https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/handicapping-the-georgia-6-special-election\/<\/a>
\n[18] https:\/\/twitter.com\/DRUDGE_REPORT\/status\/853964297822650372<\/a>
\n[19] http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/trump_administration\/prez_track_apr17<\/a>
\n[20] http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/04\/17\/politics\/trump-approval-rating-rasmussen\/<\/a><\/p>\n

[P] On both your RealDonaldTrump account and<\/i> the official POTUS account, so you know<\/i> it’s important.<\/p>\n

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