Today is the anniversary of the death of the iconic and inspiring civil rights activist Martin Luther King — and, naturally, the president completely forgot to mention the day during his steamed, top-of-the-morning Twitter rant. (Which, I presume, occurs while he is perched on his toilet.)
Trump started the day by attacking border laws, alleging that villainous Democrats wanted immigrants to “pour into our country unchecked.”
Our Border Laws are very weak while those of Mexico & Canada are very strong. Congress must change these Obama era, and other, laws NOW! The Democrats stand in our way – they want people to pour into our country unchecked….CRIME! We will be taking strong action today.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2018
Mmkay, that’s nice, but, anything you want to say about MLK today?
Nope. Trump continued by bringing up the trade deficit.
We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S. Now we have a Trade Deficit of $500 Billion a year, with Intellectual Property Theft of another $300 Billion. We cannot let this continue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2018
Okay, are you ready to say something about MLK now?
Oh, no. Instead, the man who has gone bankrupt six times doled out this little gem.
When you’re already $500 Billion DOWN, you can’t lose!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2018
Finally, FINALLY, four hours after his initial Twitter rant, someone clearly reminded the president that his only presidential duties on Twitter pretty much consist of being patriotic and honoring national figures. (Not, you know, talking like a Fox News host.)
Trump then sent out a tweet honoring MLK which, impressively, managed to be more about Trump than MLK.
Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Earlier this year I spoke about Dr. King’s legacy of justice and peace, and his impact on uniting Americans. #MLK50 Proclamation: https://t.co/XXtPO0VX5A pic.twitter.com/SH0esMSyMT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2018
As one person on Twitter pointed out, though, it’s highly unlikely that Trump even wrote this calm, even-keeled tweet himself.
You can really tell which tweets Trump wrote himself, and which ones are written by his staff.
— The Zen Corner ? (@TheZenCorner) April 4, 2018