If you ask ten people who they think is the most controversial person on the planet today, there’s a good chance that at least half of them will say the same answer: Donald Trump, President of the United States. And for good reason too — he’s made a number of questionable decisions and has a very active twitter handle (@realDonaldTrump) that constantly outputs… let’s say ‘eccentric’ tweets (as we’ll see soon).
Now, let’s look back at some tweets that he made before he became a presidential candidate that could be taken as direct criticism to himself after he became POTUS. Let’s start with the sillier ones.
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He tweeted this against Obama. Trump later tweeted this after he became president “It’s very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President.”, seemingly hurt that nobody was defending him from negative media accusations.
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Meanwhile, Trump managed to get to 3 Chiefs of Staff (Denis McDonough, Reince Priebus and John F. Kelly) in about half a year after he became President, proving that he’s much better than Barack Obama in some areas.
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Trump apparently now loves Fox News, since he’s tweeted things like “We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!”. Well, either that or he knows that Fox is going to win the trophy for sure, so there’s no point having them compete in the contest. He even calls himself America’s favourite President, making this tweet even better.
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You’re probably thinking that there isn’t really that much wrong with this tweet, but look again at the date. He posted this on the anniversary of 9/11, one of the worst terrorist attacks in history. In a time for sombre reflection, he extends his ‘best wishes’ to everyone, with a special mention to haters and losers.
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This coming from the President who repeatedly discloses classified information to foreign officials, makes it even funnier. His aides have repeatedly mentioned how hard it is to work with him.
Now this is the most shining example of hypocrisy. This man has tweeted a lot, and I mean a LOT about how many vacations Barack Obama took while he was President. Trump is now the American President with the highest number of vacations taken. In fact, there’s even a website to count the number of golf trips Trump has had so far and the cost to American taxpayers(At least $68,631,963 at the time of writing)
In August 2017, Trump threatened to unleash “fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which the world has never seen” on North Korea. Of course, this line was also delivered via his twitter account.
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In July 2017, Trump banned all transgender people from serving in the military of the US, sparking a huge outcry from the LGBT community. The Pentagon has since decreed that they can enlist in the military, though they have to pass a number of conditions, despite opposition from the POTUS himself.
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This next tweet is (relatively) recent, and seems (relatively) sensible compared to his other tweets. Buuuut, as always, context is important. Donald Trump was one of the people who was always against Obama ordering attacks against Syria, and also mentioned a couple of times that if he ever did do it, he’d do it with the element of a surprise, like in these tweets.
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Now, this right here is a beauty. The tweet by itself is actually a sensible one. It’s true that horrible leadership can lead to large problems, and when you’re the president of the United States, one of those large problems could be World War III. But, when it looks like the President is actively trying to start WWIII in the stupidest possible way, that’s when you need to start being worried. Trump tweeted this in January 2018, aimed at North Korea: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”. If World War III had started thanks to this guy yelling out “MINE’S BIGGER” on Twitter, it could quite possibly have been the stupidest thing in the history of the human race.
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I’m just going to leave you with one last tweet that needs nothing more to be said, because everything that can be said has already been said.
