Poor Donald Trump. Thanks to the government shutdown, he’s had to delay his departure for Christmas vacation at Mar-a-Lago, so he decided he’d post some of his bizarre ranting on Twitter, even going to far as to say that the shutdown is fake:
I am in the White House, working hard. News reports concerning the Shutdown and Syria are mostly FAKE. We are negotiating with the Democrats on desperately needed Border Security (Gangs, Drugs, Human Trafficking & more) but it could be a long stay. On Syria, we were originally…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2018
….going to be there for three months, and that was seven years ago – we never left. When I became President, ISIS was going wild. Now ISIS is largely defeated and other local countries, including Turkey, should be able to easily take care of whatever remains. We’re coming home!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2018
Wow! There’s a whole lotta crap to unpack there, but let’s give it a try:
- Trump is “working hard”? Please! Don’t even start with that, Donnie.
- How is the news about the shutdown and Syria fake? The government is shut down and the Syria pullout was so abrupt that Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned in protest.
- ISIS has not been defeated. They may have lost territory, but it’s estimated that 20-30,000 hardcore ISIS fighters remain in the Middle East and remain a threat.
Twitter was not kind to Trump’s claims of how he’s got everything under control:
The only thing that is “fake” is your presidency.
— Laurie Crosswell (@lauriecrosswell) December 22, 2018
“Working hard”
?
— Nervy Bastard (@NervyBastard) December 22, 2018
That means you are 3/4 of the way through a bucket of chicken?
— T2 Stop the Madness! (@recentlydiabeti) December 22, 2018
Working hard, eh? pic.twitter.com/gmG8C0ccmd
— ricebag (@ricebag) December 22, 2018
Working hard = watching tv
— Auriandra (@Auriandra) December 22, 2018
Your lies are evident to all. ISIS has not been defeated. Instead, you have caved to Putin. You are a puppet
— Vic Conrad (@pubman51) December 22, 2018
#TrumpResign pic.twitter.com/cWIAjJoI0w
— Maureen (@mllrson) December 22, 2018
It was reported this afternoon that Trump held a luncheon at the White House in an attempt to solve the shutdown. Problem is, he only invited Republicans for lunch. How’s that for bipartisanship?
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