President Donald Trump continues to focus on belittling his political opponents amidst the Coronavirus crisis. This Wednesday morning, after belligerently claiming, out of the blue, that he’d ordered the Navy to “shoot down” any Iranian ships that harassed U.S. craft, he went on to claim that “Sleepy Joe,” meaning presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, was okay with Iranian harassment of ships “for propaganda purposes.” There’s no apparent evidence for that claim — he’s just pulling it out of thin air via some vague notion that supposedly Trump’s opponents are the ones capitulating to dictators on a regular basis.
Sleepy Joe thought this was OK. Not me! https://t.co/VgIlA4fJKF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2020
In fact, Trump’s incessant claims that his opponents are the ones capitulating to dictators is a feat of projection. Trump himself even said at one point that he “fell in love” with despotic North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. That’s on tape, and was public — it’s not Joe Biden who’s in the footage.
Trump went on from the above to act as though it’s the Democrats who brazenly lie on a regular basis — but again, nope, that’s Trump.
He claimed:
‘Almost all of their ads are False or Misleading, and the Fake News loves it!’
The wild part is that literally right there in a retweet that Trump included in his post is a link to an article from the supposedly “fake news” Washington Post critiquing a Democratic ad for failing to fully explain that a shipment of medical supplies to China in the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic originated in the private sector. His claim that Democrats are spreading lies and the fake news is trumpeting them blindly is disproved by his own post.
Another FALSE ad by the Do Nothing Democrats. Almost all of their ads are False or Misleading, and the Fake News loves it! https://t.co/6osAQzyIEF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2020
Trump also vaguely claimed that an official had been misquoted by CNN, and he retweeted a cartoon suggesting he was some tough guy for randomly threatening to launch military conflict with Iran amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. In fact, this Wednesday morning, Trump’s self-obsession is simply yet again overshadowing any of the responsibilities that Trump should actually be carrying out as president.
CDC Director was totally misquoted by Fake News @CNN on Covid 19. He will be putting out a statement.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2020
— I Yam What I Yam (@Nvr4Get91101) April 22, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response below:
