As you probably know Trump tweeted an urban legend about General Pershing today, something he’s talked about in more detail on the campaign trail. It’s clear what he’s talking about in this tweet:
Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
Twitter immediately responded to Trump’s controversial tweet and it wasn’t good. Here’s a few examples:
ATT World: Please ignore this guy's Twitter feed. We've never had a president who is this ignorant https://t.co/tOVtXGCOPt
— Michael S. Smith II (@MichaelSSmithII) August 17, 2017
Was it over when Pancho Villa bombed the World Trade Center? https://t.co/xDDAUM75Qp
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 17, 2017
He waited. He gathered the facts. And then he pooped on them. https://t.co/Hh8XvGzZX2
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 17, 2017
THE POWER OF COVFEFE IS UPON HIM pic.twitter.com/N9UxcengNI
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 17, 2017
Tonight on Hannity: Courageous Trump and the Pershing Imperative https://t.co/yvLTmSrkuh
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) August 17, 2017
Trump, on Tuesday: "I want the facts…I need the facts…I like to know the facts."
Trump today: https://t.co/gNKPR6cDzx
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) August 17, 2017
Trump referring to uncorroborated story he told during campaign hat Pershing had Muslim terrorists shot with bullets covered in pig's blood. https://t.co/nduYPTQd6k
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 17, 2017
It’s the Drunk Uncle Email Forward Presidency, you guys. pic.twitter.com/JVHjDw6sWK
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) August 17, 2017
Trump : "You can look this up, but when Columbus came over on the Mayflower he defended all the confederate statues from the Indians. True"
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) August 17, 2017
Trump's anti-terror message: A fake story about Blackjack Pershing https://t.co/1zgNT4Q3T1 via @MailOnline
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) August 17, 2017
The fact that Trump was so roundly criticized for this, yet took none of it to heart, shows a disturbing inability to course correct. https://t.co/aeQbXk7BXm
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) August 17, 2017
Look. Debbie Schlussel is president of the United States. https://t.co/uuITwFNcWb
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 17, 2017
We're three tweets from Trump regressing to Obama's birth certificate.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 17, 2017
You know some days it sure is much harder to support Trump and/or his agenda than other days. This is one of them. How irresponsible for him to tweet an urban legend on a day when Spain is in the middle of a horrible terrorist attack where at least 13 died and scores were injured.
On Monday he claimed he needed to wait for the facts, but he sure tweeted this dump tweet about Muslims out in lightening speed.
Once again, I’m left wishing that we could just dump Trump and move on to Mike Pence for the duration of the presidency.