Wed May 31, 2017, 12:57 AM
uppityperson (115,527 posts)
Trump sends vague midnight tweet about 'negative press covfefe'
Source: USA Today
Donald Trump has been active on Twitter since his return from his first overseas trip as president. And he kept the ball rolling with a tweet shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning. But it is not at all clear what the president was tweeting about. "Despite the negative press covfefe," Trump wrote. Link to tweet Unsurprisingly, most of Trump's fellow Twitter users jumped all over the apparent mistake. And #covfefe became a trending topic on Twitter. (More, including tweets) Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/05/31/trump-negative-press-covfefe-tweet/102338042/ -------------- Is mocking Don important news of national interest?
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uppityperson | May 2017 | OP |
iluvtennis | May 2017 | #1 | |
global1 | May 2017 | #2 | |
iluvtennis | May 2017 | #3 | |
nocalflea | May 2017 | #6 | |
jpak | May 2017 | #40 | |
lunasun | May 2017 | #7 | |
emmadoggy | May 2017 | #71 | |
nocalflea | May 2017 | #4 | |
dixiegrrrrl | May 2017 | #9 | |
Kath2 | May 2017 | #5 | |
trueblue2007 | May 2017 | #8 | |
calimary | May 2017 | #20 | |
angrychair | May 2017 | #59 | |
calimary | May 2017 | #64 | |
womanofthehills | May 2017 | #30 | |
lastlib | May 2017 | #44 | |
Kath2 | May 2017 | #49 | |
brer cat | May 2017 | #39 | |
Grassy Knoll | May 2017 | #10 | |
Ken Burch | May 2017 | #11 | |
livetohike | May 2017 | #51 | |
NanceGreggs | Jun 2017 | #76 | |
Ken Burch | Jun 2017 | #77 | |
BlueStater | May 2017 | #12 | |
TeamPooka | May 2017 | #23 | |
The Velveteen Ocelot | May 2017 | #13 | |
flibbitygiblets | May 2017 | #22 | |
KeepItReal | May 2017 | #14 | |
jpak | May 2017 | #41 | |
L. Coyote | May 2017 | #15 | |
womanofthehills | May 2017 | #31 | |
montana_hazeleyes | May 2017 | #16 | |
renate | May 2017 | #17 | |
orleans | May 2017 | #18 | |
ucrdem | May 2017 | #19 | |
mpcamb | May 2017 | #62 | |
calimary | May 2017 | #21 | |
hatrack | May 2017 | #72 | |
calimary | Jun 2017 | #75 | |
icymist | May 2017 | #24 | |
Cha | May 2017 | #38 | |
lastlib | May 2017 | #55 | |
Ccarmona | May 2017 | #25 | |
C Moon | May 2017 | #26 | |
SergeStorms | May 2017 | #27 | |
FakeNoose | May 2017 | #61 | |
jmowreader | May 2017 | #28 | |
riversedge | May 2017 | #29 | |
chwaliszewski | May 2017 | #32 | |
thbobby | May 2017 | #33 | |
hedda_foil | May 2017 | #67 | |
womanofthehills | May 2017 | #34 | |
BHDem53 | May 2017 | #37 | |
underpants | May 2017 | #57 | |
DFW | May 2017 | #35 | |
Doug the Dem | May 2017 | #36 | |
calimary | May 2017 | #63 | |
Doug the Dem | May 2017 | #73 | |
oberliner | May 2017 | #42 | |
yardwork | May 2017 | #45 | |
oberliner | May 2017 | #46 | |
yardwork | May 2017 | #48 | |
Vinca | May 2017 | #43 | |
yardwork | May 2017 | #47 | |
Rorey | May 2017 | #52 | |
skip fox | May 2017 | #50 | |
bucolic_frolic | May 2017 | #54 | |
skip fox | May 2017 | #56 | |
bucolic_frolic | May 2017 | #53 | |
central scrutinizer | May 2017 | #74 | |
Roy Rolling | May 2017 | #58 | |
CanonRay | May 2017 | #60 | |
El Mimbreno | May 2017 | #66 | |
BobTheSubgenius | May 2017 | #65 | |
Rorey | May 2017 | #68 | |
louis-t | May 2017 | #69 | |
haele | May 2017 | #70 |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:00 AM
iluvtennis (18,092 posts)
1. It's gone viral...every other tweet is about covfefe...
...apparently the idiot meant to type in conference. Probably high on coke
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Response to iluvtennis (Reply #1)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:05 AM
global1 (24,568 posts)
2. Actually Mid Tweet His Lawyers Wrestled His Phone....
from him. In the melee that ensued his little fingers on his little hands were only able to hit the following letters 'covfefe'.
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Response to global1 (Reply #2)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:15 AM
nocalflea (1,387 posts)
6. Incisive analysis .
Response to global1 (Reply #2)
Wed May 31, 2017, 06:15 AM
jpak (41,484 posts)
40. My first thought as well
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Response to iluvtennis (Reply #1)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:17 AM
lunasun (21,646 posts)
7. I was thinking the intended word was coverage or he just wigged out and there was no meaning
Response to lunasun (Reply #7)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:24 PM
emmadoggy (2,141 posts)
71. I'm pretty sure "coverage" was the intended word.
But how that turns into "covfefe", I have no idea. This is 45 we're talking about...
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:07 AM
nocalflea (1,387 posts)
4. Is mocking Don important news of national interest?
Yes. The mood of a nation is always relevant. But, then, I assume you know that.
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Response to nocalflea (Reply #4)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:29 AM
dixiegrrrrl (60,005 posts)
9. Hell yeah it is!
And to prove it, everybody is tweeting everybody else over "covfefe" and I have been laughing my butt off reading some of the comments.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:09 AM
Kath2 (2,840 posts)
5. I am so glad I voted for Hillary Clinton.
For my own conscience.
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Response to calimary (Reply #20)
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:42 AM
angrychair (7,665 posts)
59. Me
+3 million more popular vote wins
#covfefe |
Response to angrychair (Reply #59)
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:08 AM
calimary (76,038 posts)
64. AHA!!!! He just came up with a term to excuse all consternation for
losing the popular vote!
My husband just left for work, saying "enjoy your covfefe!" |
Response to Kath2 (Reply #5)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:25 AM
womanofthehills (7,511 posts)
30. Speaking of Hillary
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Response to womanofthehills (Reply #30)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:19 AM
lastlib (20,707 posts)
44. YOMANK*!
. (*"You Owe Me A New Keyboard!" ![]() "Authorities are investigating a MAJOR coffee spew at the home of (lastlib)......" |
Response to womanofthehills (Reply #30)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:35 AM
Kath2 (2,840 posts)
49. Thank you!
Gave me a nice smile this morning!
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:37 AM
Grassy Knoll (10,118 posts)
10. What Flipper? Bud's In A Well? A Cave? In Your Underwear Drawer ?...
...Send Wally Cleaver? WHAT!!!
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:37 AM
Ken Burch (50,254 posts)
11. "press covfefe" is a French dish, isn't it?
Last edited Thu Jun 1, 2017, 01:57 AM - Edit history (1) I can't imagine Trump ordering anything like that.
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Response to Ken Burch (Reply #11)
Thu Jun 1, 2017, 03:26 AM
NanceGreggs (27,695 posts)
76. Only if it's well-done ...
... and served with ketchup.
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Response to NanceGreggs (Reply #76)
Thu Jun 1, 2017, 03:53 PM
Ken Burch (50,254 posts)
77. Or if it's KFC(Kentucky Fried Covfefe)...
...and you eat it with a fork.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:40 AM
BlueStater (7,596 posts)
12. What an embarrassment he is.
The tweet's been up for over an hour now. He never finished it nor did he correct the misspelled word. Did he tweet this in his sleep? Did he need to abandon his phone from a sudden case of severe diarrhea after his latest fried chicken binge? What? I'm on pins and needles here!
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Response to BlueStater (Reply #12)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:43 AM
TeamPooka (22,796 posts)
23. Trump will die on the toilet while tweeting someday. Like Elvis but with a cell phone
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:45 AM
The Velveteen Ocelot (108,912 posts)
13. Did he drop his phone in the toilet?
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #13)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:31 AM
flibbitygiblets (7,220 posts)
22. Close to what I was thinking, but more like an Elvis-esque throne-based incident
The covfefe will not be televised! (Just tweeted.)
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:49 AM
KeepItReal (7,769 posts)
14. Thank goodness for Google Translate:
Response to KeepItReal (Reply #14)
Wed May 31, 2017, 06:17 AM
jpak (41,484 posts)
41. LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!1111
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:50 AM
L. Coyote (51,128 posts)
15. Ayy pendejo, nunce he estado tan covfefido.
Response to L. Coyote (Reply #15)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:33 AM
womanofthehills (7,511 posts)
31. I love the polls on what the correct pronunciation is -
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:55 AM
montana_hazeleyes (3,424 posts)
16. I think he was having a hard time
pressing the covfefe out.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:56 AM
renate (13,775 posts)
17. this one's my favorite so far
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:02 AM
orleans (32,568 posts)
18. google translator says "SAMOAN DETECTED"
he probably picked it up on his world tour
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:13 AM
ucrdem (15,502 posts)
19. He's never gonna live this one down.
Time to stop tweeting.
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Response to ucrdem (Reply #19)
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:06 AM
mpcamb (2,718 posts)
62. Whichever of his tweet handlers let his guard down will be hearing "You're fired!"
Cuz nothin' is ever his fault.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:21 AM
calimary (76,038 posts)
21. Any idea how you pronounce that?
Response to calimary (Reply #21)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:35 PM
hatrack (57,744 posts)
72. It's spelled "covfefe" but it's pronounced "Labrador"
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:44 AM
icymist (15,303 posts)
24. There are 98,861 likes! Someone MUST know what covfefe is!
Response to icymist (Reply #24)
Wed May 31, 2017, 04:25 AM
Cha (286,633 posts)
38. LOL.. I was literally
laughing so hard.. tears were coming!
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Response to icymist (Reply #24)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:14 AM
lastlib (20,707 posts)
55. (But 98,822 of them were bots.......)
okay, the rest were,too, but they weren't automated........)
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:57 AM
Ccarmona (1,180 posts)
25. If you Haven't Been Following on Twitter
But the bots have been adding followers to Trump's acct at a 100 a minute. Maybe this was a bot.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:10 AM
C Moon (11,582 posts)
26. I like the posts on urban dictionary...
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:12 AM
SergeStorms (18,189 posts)
27. Trump makes George W. Bush....
look like a Rhodes Scholar.
![]() ![]() Colluding with a sworn enemy of the United States to interfere with our hallowed election process? NO PROBLEM! Alienating our allies all over the world? NO PROBLEM! Disgracing the office of President of the United States? NO PROBLEM! Dismantling the Federal Government, and trashing the Constitution of the United States? NO PROBLEM! Abandoning the most vulnerable in our society, and making health insurance too costly for 25 million Americans? NO PROBLEM! Using the wrong email server to deliver messages to other Democrats? HOLY FUCKING SHIT! PUT HER IN JAIL, PUT HER IN JAIL! HITLERY IS TOO CARELESS TO RUN THIS COUNTRY! ![]() The Republican party has demonstrated time and again that they are unfit to occupy ANY government position. They're traitors, hypocrites of the first order. Never again! ![]() ![]() |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:14 AM
jmowreader (49,403 posts)
28. Covfefe "coverage"
We get that from context..."despite the negative press covfeve" translates into English as "despite the negative press coverage."
Okay, Don...despite the negative press coverage, WHAT? |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:24 AM
riversedge (66,101 posts)
29. It's 2am. Do you know where your #covfefe are?
Link to tweet Mean Adam @Mean_Adam 1h1 hour ago It's 2am. Do you know where your #covfefe are? 5 replies 92 retweets 384 likes Palmer Report Retweeted Melissa Jo PeltierVerified account @MelissaJPeltier 1h1 hour ago Time to make a #COVFEFE sign for #MarchForTruth. 10 replies 45 retweets 213 likes Link to tweet |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:38 AM
chwaliszewski (1,494 posts)
32. I posted this on another thread...
Last edited Wed May 31, 2017, 04:10 AM - Edit history (1) Huff Post had the story and several Twitter responses. My favorite response got replaced but it said #Covfefe: Ukrainian word, roughly translated, means: your urine tastes of cigarettes.
Link to tweet ?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313 |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:40 AM
thbobby (1,474 posts)
33. Say what you will about trump
He does have one quality all want in a narcissistic, traitorous, pussy grabbing, conman for a president:
He is seriously stupid. Not just stupid like other repugs. He is bigly stupid. |
Response to thbobby (Reply #33)
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:05 AM
hedda_foil (16,158 posts)
67. He's not stupid. He just doesn't want his great brain to give out by using it.
It stands to reason.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:42 AM
womanofthehills (7,511 posts)
34. Kellyanne explains #covfefe
Response to womanofthehills (Reply #34)
Wed May 31, 2017, 04:24 AM
BHDem53 (1,040 posts)
37. It must be another one of those
alternative facts.
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Response to womanofthehills (Reply #34)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:49 AM
underpants (176,855 posts)
57. Thread winner!!!
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 04:06 AM
DFW (51,196 posts)
35. It's easier if you know Russian
Ковфєфє (transliteration: "Covfefe"
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 04:13 AM
Doug the Dem (1,297 posts)
36. "Is mocking Don important news of national interest?" HELL YEAH!
In fact, it's vital to the survival of the Republic!
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Response to Doug the Dem (Reply #36)
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:06 AM
calimary (76,038 posts)
63. Welcome to DU, Doug the Dem!
Maybe it's the new term for White House scrambling to explain away looming IMPEACHMENT?
Or maybe that's the launch code? ![]() ![]() |
Response to calimary (Reply #63)
Wed May 31, 2017, 04:54 PM
Doug the Dem (1,297 posts)
73. Thanks!
But the launch codes are all in Cyrillic now.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 06:20 AM
oberliner (58,724 posts)
42. Trump just tweeted about it this morning
Response to oberliner (Reply #42)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:21 AM
yardwork (56,863 posts)
45. He isn't capable of that kind of reframing. Somebody else tweeted that.
Response to yardwork (Reply #45)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:22 AM
oberliner (58,724 posts)
46. You may be right
I wonder if this whole string of morning tweets is him or someone else.
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Response to oberliner (Reply #46)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:23 AM
yardwork (56,863 posts)
48. Somebody else. One of the tweets said "excoriate."
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:08 AM
Vinca (49,408 posts)
43. That might have been a sign of a mini-stroke.
He's getting fatter by the day and something's got to give.
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Response to Vinca (Reply #43)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:22 AM
yardwork (56,863 posts)
47. Interesting thought. I wonder if he'll make a public appearance today.
The tweets his account is sending this morning weren't written by him.
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Response to Vinca (Reply #43)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:06 AM
Rorey (8,127 posts)
52. Exactly my thought...a TIA
Transient ischemic attack. I had one over a decade ago. It took me almost two years to get back to the way I was. My suspicion is that this happened and someone noticed the bizarre tweet and went to check on him, and now his people are trying to cover it up by tweeting in his place.
We'll see if he makes any kind of appearance today. (In my case I wasn't overweight, but had been mostly inactive for a few months because of a deep depression over loss of several loved ones in a short period of time.) |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:52 AM
skip fox (19,160 posts)
50. Just for the record, here's what likely happened:
Trump is in bed, tired and foggy.
He thinks he is beginning a sentence "Despite negative press coverage" and then initially planned to add an independent clause like: "my administration has accomplished more than any other in the first 120 days." But he begins falling asleep 1/2 through "coverage" and types "covfefe" instead (note: the letters e, r, a, g, and e are all close to f, e, f, e). Then, thinking this is the end of his thoughts (imagining in his drifting off mind that he already had typed the independent clause at the beginning of the sentence), he hits the send button and enters slumberland. It seems pretty clear. |
Response to skip fox (Reply #50)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:10 AM
bucolic_frolic (37,256 posts)
54. Channeling Trump
hope it doesn't take one to know one
Be strong, you can get through this |
Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #54)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:27 AM
skip fox (19,160 posts)
56. Thanks.
Now I have to run. Time for my exorcism.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:09 AM
bucolic_frolic (37,256 posts)
53. I think it code for Iron Curtain help
Cov Fe Fe .... Fe is the chemical element symbol for Iron
expect brass knuckles and iron stranglehold on the press |
Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #53)
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:21 PM
central scrutinizer (11,360 posts)
74. CO-V-FE-FE
One Cobalt atom + one Vanadium atom + 2 atoms of Iron
Not sure what that makes but it can't be good |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:33 AM
Roy Rolling (6,330 posts)
58. "Uppity" tee hee.
That's exactly what Trump lacks---humility and the ability at self-deprecating humor. He is afraid of words, you are the exact opposite. Thanks for the post.
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:49 AM
CanonRay (13,250 posts)
60. He needs a full, unbiased workup at Walter Reed
We need to know what we're dealing with.
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Response to CanonRay (Reply #60)
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:22 AM
El Mimbreno (750 posts)
66. Yep. Another symptom of his deteriorating mental condition. nt
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:16 AM
BobTheSubgenius (11,375 posts)
65. To be fair...
How much positive covfefe have you seen lately?
And another thing from that article that struck me - if they are concerned about what their child sees and hears, what parent lets an 11-year old watch Kathy Griffin? |
Response to BobTheSubgenius (Reply #65)
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:30 AM
Rorey (8,127 posts)
68. Exactly
I'm not buying that Barron even saw the picture. An 11 year old shouldn't be allowed to watch certain things. Is nobody watching that kid?
Furthermore, there have been, and will continue to be, many crude and awful things publicized about 45. 45 brought this on to his family. Melania and the nannies better be vigilant if they want Barron to be shielded from them. |
Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 01:41 PM
louis-t (22,613 posts)
69. Isn't that what he calls his hair?
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Response to uppityperson (Original post)
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:00 PM
haele (11,982 posts)
70. Maybe not mocking - but this sort of activity on the part of a president is a troubling sign.
And so, there should be quite a lot of National Interest in the fact the man is up at 3am his own time making increasingly incoherent tweets. There's a major cognitive problem there, especially when adding his increasingly diminished ability to speak in a professional manner (let alone a conversational manner), and his random, rather low energy physical presence.
Shakespeare would describe him as being in his dotage...and the GOP continues to stand by him in his dotage so long as they can stuff their pockets with public money and resources before they drop him. Haele |