June 5, 2020: President Trump Has a Busy Day of...Tweeting

 

6/5/20: At 12:21 a.m. President Trump gets a busy day as leader of the Free World off to a rousing start. He’s up late, a rarity. He notes his happiness that Iran has released Mike White, a Navy veteran, held hostage for two years. “So great to have Michael home. Just arrived. Very exciting. Thank you to Iran. Don’t wait until after U.S. Election to make the Big deal. I’m going to win. You’ll make a better deal now!”

 

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Why a good deal before the next election?

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Yes. Good news to have Mr. White back. 

But why was Trump offering a country he considers a sworn enemy a good deal before the next election? Kind of like asking Ukraine for help? Or listening to Russian offers in 2016? Trump should be trying to get the best deal with Iran possible, before the election, or after. Timing wouldn’t matter.

 

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Tweeting is what the man does best.

IT WAS off to bed soon after, for Mr. Sleepy. And then Trump rose again and began tweeting like a man who couldn’t stop watching porno. There were 55 retweets during the six a.m. hour, almost one per minute. 

That included Trump quoting Sen. Deb Fischer announcing: “I cannot think of a better way to celebrate Beef Month than by eating a burger today for #NationalBeefBurgerDay and sending a thank you to all our NE [Nebraska] cattle producers who are working hard to put beef on our tables.” 

You could perhaps commend the president for stamina and lightning quick thumbs, because in the seven a.m. hour he posted 74 times. He was, for example, excited to learn that the U.S. recovered 2.5 million jobs in May. So, he retweeted the White House, which reported, “With 2.5 MILLION jobs added in May, we’re on the way to an incredible period of growth!”  

Trump laid off at 8:01 and didn’t log back on to Twitter until 10:43. The onslaught recommenced. Trump went with the utter simplicity of retweeting a rabid Fox News host and Trump fan:

 

  

The president tweeted in the eleven a.m. hour, the twelve p.m., the one p.m., the two p.m. and the three p.m. hours. At 3:08 p.m., with a nation torn by protests, Trump spent his time as leader of a great nation, critiquing NFL quarterback Drew Brees. Brees had first said he did not believe players should kneel in protest when the 2020 season begins. Then he thought it over and apologized for insensitivity. In Trump’s world you never apologize. Sensitivity is weakness. So is human decency. 

He tap-tapped: 

I am a big fan of Drew Brees. I think he’s truly one of the greatest quarterbacks, but he should not have taken back his original stance on honoring our magnificent American Flag. OLD GLORY is to be revered, cherished, and flown high...

 

...We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag - NO KNEELING!

 

The job of being president distracted him until after dinner. But in the six p.m. hour he was doing what he does best – lashing out at other Americans, who he is supposed to represent. He called the mayor of Washington D.C. “grossly incompetent,” which is a great way to help keep order in any city. 

In the next hour he retweeted the founder and co-chair of TrumpStudents, Ryan Fournier, who offered up another burst of simplicity: “Barack Obama put a target on the back of every cop in this country.” Because, sure. Criticizing what the only African American president we’ve ever had supposedly did four years ago will help sooth frayed nerves now. 

Then we had Trump talking about Gov. John Hickenlooper, “who got caught big time with his hand in the cookie jar.” 

And Trump outraged to find Portland, Oregon had paid a “violent Antifa leader for getting hit with a rubber bullet.” 

And the president retweeting some dude, retweeting some other dude, who was criticizing The New York Times. 

 

In the eight p.m. hour, an apparently rejuvenated President of the United States began tweeting vehemently once more: another 36 posts, including a revisit to his first tweet of the day, welcoming Michael White home. 

By now, bedtime was approaching. Trump got in a formulaic shot at the free press. “The Lamestream Media is out of control,” he said. “It would be impossible to fully explain how dishonest they are!” 

At 10:19, Trump signed off with a plug for a book you figure he’s never going to read (and I don’t mean the Bible). Exhausted by a busy day of tweeting – more than 200 posts – he collapsed into bed.