Trump Breaks 40-Hour Twitter Silence with Personal Message for America
After nearly a two-day hiatus, President Donald Trump returned to his favorite social media platform Sunday morning with a common greeting and a familiar mantra.
The commander in chief’s first tweet since Friday could be described as pleasant and innocuous.
Good Morning, Have A Great Day!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 24, 2019
To the average person, that message appears short and sweet — no need to read between the lines. Nevertheless, Trump’s detractors and overzealous haters who seem to monitor his every word were atwitter over it.
Was there a doctor in the house? Yes, and Dr. Eugene Gu was so bitter that he couldn’t swallow a “Good Morning” salutation without chiming in with a dose of wishful thinking.
Good Morning Mr. President,
You’re still a criminal. Just an unindicted one.
Sincerely,
America— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 24, 2019
Trump’s second tweet of the morning was nothing the world hasn’t read or heard countless times before: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 24, 2019
What gives? After ostensibly taking a nearly 40-hour break from Twitter, why would Trump return with an abbreviated easy-like-Sunday-morning greeting?
The simple answer is a rhetorical question: Why not?
When the leader of the free world writes something positive and encouraging, it ought to be taken at face value — not with troll-like cynicism.
Besides, it isn’t as if the president hasn’t been occupied with business at hand, as his assortment of Friday tweets indicated.
His feed was heating up with a variety of news, ranging from his Federal Reserve Board choice of Stephen Moore to a Florida meeting with dignitaries from Haiti, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia and the Bahamas.
True to form, Trump also took a moment to toss a Twitter grenade in the direction of the Islamic State group.
ISIS uses the internet better than almost anyone, but for all of those susceptible to ISIS propaganda, they are now being beaten badly at every level….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2019
On Sunday, however, social media scrolled upon a kinder, gentler Trump. And it’s clear that his antagonists — who can’t thrive without the president’s attention — had missed his Twitter presence something fierce Saturday.
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