Posted on 05/11/2017 5:19:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The president of the United States has long-running beef with the actress Rosie O’Donnell, and that is not even the most surreal sentence I have written today.
But this is not about me: It’s about Donald Trump and it’s about his tweet to O’Donnell at 3:55 p.m. “We finally agree on something Rosie,” says the tweet, published via Trump’s personal account, @realDonaldTrump.
Trump was referring to a December 20, 2016, tweet by O’Donnell, which said: “FIRE COMEY.”
At the time, many Hillary Clinton supporters were calling for James Comey, the now-ousted FBI director to be fired for having made public a re-examination into Clinton’s misuse of a private email server days before the presidential election. Comey’s handling of that incident was offered as justification for Trump’s decision to fire Comey this week.
In defending the move, which has created a firestorm of criticism, Trump has been reminding people that Democrats asked for him to fire Comey. Hence the O’Donnell tweet. Questions about what, exactly, the president of the United States is up to have officially reached fever pitch.
Questions like: Is Donald Trump reading Reddit?
As Brandon Wall, a reporter for BuzzFeed pointed out, Trump’s tweet to O’Donnell came shortly after O’Donnell’s December tweet was published to the Reddit forum r/ The_Donald.
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The idea that the president of the United States is checking Reddit is maybe perplexing—doesn’t he have better things to do?—but not outlandish. After all, Trump won the meme wars before he won the presidency, as Ben Schreckinger wrote for Politico:
By the fall, a team in the war room at Trump Tower was monitoring social media trends, including The_Donald subreddit—a message board that acted as a conduit between 4Chan and the mainstream Web...” Schreckinger wrote “and privately communicating with the most active users to seed new trends, according to two former Trump campaign officials. The team would bump up anything particularly catchy to social media director Dan Scavino.
Trump’s staffers have rebuffed the idea that they keep close tabs on Reddit, but there’s plenty of evidence that Trump—a voracious media consumer with a reputation for being obsessed with cable TV—actually does respond to media in near real time. It’s a two-way street: newscasters have responded immediately to Trump’s tweets on-air, too.
Trump is mostly a TV guy. And he’s famously computer averse—when an image of him using a computer once surfaced, it made headlines. So it’s most likely that this particular presidential Reddit-to-Twitter moment was prompted by a White House staffer. (Or, you know, it could be a coincidence. Riiight.) And though the Trump tweet was sent from an iPhone—another possible sign that a staffer sent it, versus tweets sent by Trump’s own Android phone—it’s conceivable Trump would delight in Reddit’s vibe. The_Donald forum, especially, is known for being particularly brash. Just like the president.
Reddit, for its part, has mixed feelings about all this.
“Haha what an honor, congrats man,” one user wrote on Reddit, after another user suggested a White House staffer had seen the O’Donnell tweet on Reddit. “I'm no expert but i think this pretty much makes you pals with the God Emperor himself.”
“Trump retweeted this 20 minutes after this post went up,” another commenter said. “The POTUS is a redditor and I don't know how to feel about that.”
....Has any of these wizards of smart asked Hillary how she feels about Comey being fired...
She probably is scared that a new FBI Director will not be so kind to her and decide to recommend charging her with her many felonious crimes. Simply in more denial. It’s not that uncommon for a new prosecutor to pursue a case that the former prosecutor didn’t.
A more important question is “Is a FReeper?”
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I assume you meant “A more important question is “Is HE a FReeper?”
If so we should know soon. Just watch for media reports that Trump has taken up Baskin Robbins Pralines and Cream ice cream as his new favorite based on my recommendation in a FR post earlier today.
Of course there may be better ways. ;)
President Trump should call Hillary and offer his condolences and ask if his firing of Comey has brought her some peace. LOL!
Hey Mr President...sugar cone or cup?..LOL!
As always Grandpa Dave, anyone can use photos I post and don’t need to inform or ask.....but I’m glad you liked it..so do I!
And you are the photo BOSS. Lucky to have you.
IKR! Lol.. #trolling #trolling #trolling Keep them meme’s a rollin’...
The left is still trying to understand why Trump insists on building a wall!..
I hold Francis and his cabal personally responsible for this, as I hold John McCain personally responsible for ISIS.
Rush Limbaugh. Today.
You are exactly correct.
She is telling everyone she owns, give Trump everything he wants.
His agenda is greased.
Pepe Farms remembers!
Oh I wouldn’t go that far yet.....as you know she’s been stepping out onto the stage of late....so the timing of this Comey termination was perfect for it forced her back into hiding.....but she’s a fighter and will come out swinging again if no other way then over social media. This woman will not go down without a fight.
However no doubt she and her attorneys are doing some hefty work, and likely calling in all the favors , as well as using the otherwise leverage she can still weld....to shore up the walls that are currently cracking around her. How long people will continue to play in her courtyard remains to be seen.......time will surely tell.
Popcorn season for sure!
Thanks and like wise!
FREE KEKISTAN!
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