Of all the laughable tweets – laughable because they’re so bad, not because they’re actually funny – that the current resident of the White House has issued, the one he tweeted out early Wednesday morning had to be one of the craziest. He followed that tweet with more rhetoric about the NFL and the flag; meanwhile, he’s never once acknowledged systemic racism as a real problem in the United States.
What is this all about? https://t.co/AAmBGgHhyR
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2020
“Cratered”. We have plenty of politics to go around without disrespecting our great American Flag or Anthem. I thought the NFL learned their lesson two years ago. The people will not put up with this (again). Just not worth it, hard to watch! https://t.co/iNNGG1maW7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2020
Vaccines are moving along fast and safely!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2020
Thank you for the great reviews of the @ABC News show last night!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2020
Great News: BIG TEN FOOTBALL IS BACK. All teams to participate. Thank you to the players, coaches, parents, and all school representatives. Have a FANTASTIC SEASON! It is my great honor to have helped!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2020
The first tweet has been marked “manipulated media” by Twitter and features Joe Biden playing a song on his cell phone at a speaking event. The music in the video is “F*ck tha Police” by N.W.A., which plays into an anti-police narrative that the right has attached to any calls for police reform in the face of disproportionate violence used against black Americans. It’s a video certain to rile up his white base.
In truth, however, Biden played a song called “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi, who had just introduced Biden at a Hispanic Heritage Month event.
Trump also went on yet another rant about the NFL, saying that their ratings are very low because of peaceful protests before the games with players kneeling during the National Anthem to raise awareness around violence against black Americans by law enforcement. Trump has gone on for some time about how horrible that is and how they would suffer in ratings and financially because of those protests.
It’s more proof that Trump doesn’t understand the concept of people putting their principles above money. For some people, money doesn’t rule every decision they make. Sometimes, a person’s beliefs and moral codes are more important to them than ratings and money. Trump will never, ever get that.
Twitter was not amused by either of Trump’s Wednesday morning tweets. Read some of their comments below:
