Obama kills it and Trump* can only be a weak copycat. WHAT A Loser!
Yes, it’s Mother’s Day. But, in this age of increasingly angst inducing news, I held off any “celebrating” this morning until I followed my typical daily news review.
- A check of the Grand Dames of national news—WaPo, NYT, CNN—to see if the world has come to an end.
- A quick review of my liberal comfort food—HuffPost, Daily Kos—to make sure like-minded folks still exist.
- A peek at my local newspaper websites—The Columbian, The Oregonian—to see if I’m still lucky enough to live in a mostly blue region.
- A nausea inducing flash on, flash off of Breitbart to see if the site has imploded from too much crap.
- And, finally, a check in on Twitter.
It is the last point that brings me here. FWIW I am not a frequent tweeter. I mostly just post and/or read snarky comments on “our great leader’s” feed for a daily belly laugh. Today, lo and behold, Herr Twittler (or one of his minions) posted this “tender” message to his slave wife:
Quelle surprise! Who knew? Must be a catch. Hmmmm. I scrolled a bit further down my feed and what did I find:
Check out the difference in the posting times. Of course, the little cheeto cheater had to copy the valedictorian’s paper once again. No “quelle surprise” now.
Just to see if I might be a little judgy, I did a search for Donnie boy’s previous Mother’s Day tweets. This was from 2016:
And here is his 2015 tweet:
No “loving” mention of Melania (or, for that matter, Ivanka) in either. Granted, the link from 2015 does take you to an Instagram page with some family photos. But, of course, the photos on the page must also feature Mr. Ego. There are NO Mother’s Day tweets preceding 2015, the year he announced he was going to lead us to hell.
And, of course, he couldn’t be bothered to actually celebrate this day with his family (from Alex Wigglesworth at the L.A. Times):
The tweet came as the president visited his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., where he spent about four hours on Sunday. A spokesman said Trump's plans included taking phone calls, having lunch, and possibly hitting "a few balls," according to pool reports. Melania Trump planned to spend Mother's Day with her family, a spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner. The first lady and son Barron, 11, currently live in a penthouse atop Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan.
Yes, there is so much more vertiginous news out there so this little rant just fulfills my need to “poke the bear.” However, for a singular moment of joy, I do have to note the extreme difference in retweets and likes between today’s presidential tweet-off. Barack Obama enjoys, as of this posting, a 68,436 retweet and a 367,208 like advantage. Please come back Mr. Obama. The country REALLY needs you.
*illegitimate