All It Took Was 1 Border Photo and Trump Has Leftists Triggered
There’s nothing quite like the Trump tweet. It’s not just a matter of owning the libs, as they say. In fact, the tweets often aren’t perfect from a policy and/or public relations standpoint. There’s definitely been some problematic stuff in the presidential feed from time to time.
Nevertheless, therein lies the fun. However much you might think that the president has done harm to his cause in 280 characters or less, his enemies tend to do way more damage to theirs.
Take, for instance, a tweet that should have been entirely unproblematic. After all, it was confrontational, but decidedly true. It involved a section of new fencing being put up along the border:
The Fake News Media keeps saying we haven’t built any NEW WALL. Below is a section just completed on the Border. Anti-climbing feature included. Very high, strong and beautiful! Also, many miles already renovated and in service! pic.twitter.com/UAAGXl5Byr
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2019
Now, there wasn’t a whole lot of context here regarding funding, where this was being built or whether or not it was replacing an old barrier. The point was, however, a new border wall was indeed being built — at least according to the tweet.
And thusly did the left half of political Twitter lose their minds.
Dr. Eugene Gu, a surgeon who has become a liberal political hashtag activist because a) he does transplants using tissue from aborted fetuses and b) why the heck not, was definitely triggered by the post.
Trump attacks the “Fake News Media” to deflect from the fact that when he first announced the wall during his campaign he clearly meant a concrete wall. That Mexico would pay for. Then it changed to a steel barrier. Then a fence. Now Americans taxpayers are paying for it. Liar.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 11, 2019
This “anti-climbing feature” is basically a bunch of long metal pikes. Like something Ramsay Bolton would use in the Game of Thrones to protect his torture chambers and to hang the sigil of flayed man flying in the wind. Trump is like the worst, evil cartoon character villain. pic.twitter.com/DqKlE8CLoB
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 11, 2019
Yeah, stopping people from entering the United States illegally makes you “like the worst, evil cartoon character villain.” Also, a “Game of Thrones” reference. Yet more proof Trump does triggering better than anyone else. Also, he does “Game of Thrones” references better, too.
Oh, and one of the Brothers Krassenstein commented on it, because of course they did. They didn’t seem to understand the whole mechanics of wall funding or the fact that there are still numerous areas along our southern border that are unsecured:
Ok so then I guess you don’t need us to pay for your wall after all.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 11, 2019
Someone please remind me why these guys are beloved social media stars.
There was also a tweet from a mental health counselor and author which we can’t show here that basically said, in vulgar terms, that Trump’s “imaginary wall is a metaphor” for his reproductive parts and that he’s building it because there are, ahem, medical issues with said parts. You can see the original tweet here. Again, published mental health counselor.
There are plenty of other tweets in this vein, although these are the most famous lib trolls that seem to have been trolled and don’t seem to get either the purpose of the wall or how it’s funded.
This is the state of the left today. Even the mere mention of the wall sends them into a tizzy. “This was already planned!” “It’s a fence, not a wall!” “You’re a barbarian!” Etc., etc.
And the media says someone in the White House should take away Donald Trump’s Twitter. Not when it creates reactions like this, they shouldn’t.
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