'Feeling the heat, Donny?': Trump ruthlessly roasted after his Twitter 'meltdown' over the weekend
Twitter couldn't help but mock the president over his "epic meltdown" with a slew of jokes, memes and sarcastic comments.
US President Donald Trump is once again being ruthlessly roasted on Twitter after his "epic meltdown" in a series of tweets posted over the weekend. The president's eyebrow-raising posts came after his former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday (1 December) to lying to the FBI.
Special counsel Robert Mueller, along with multiple congressional committees, are currently investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump's campaign team and the Kremlin.
Flynn is the fourth person connected to Trump's campaign and the first member of his administration to be charged as part of Mueller's investigation.
"I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those to those lies," Trump wrote on Saturday. "It is a shame because his actions during the transition was lawful. There was nothing to hide!"
"So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked Hillary Clinton, on that now famous FBI holiday "interrogation" with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times...and nothing happens to her? Rigged system, or just a double standard?"
The tweet immediately triggered waves of shock and serious questions with legal experts questioning if it suggested to obstruction of justice.
Experts pointed out that if Trump knew that Flynn had lied to the FBI when he asked then FBI director James Comey to drop the investigation, it could lead to obstruction of justice charges.
Trump's lawyer John Dowd later said that he drafted the tweet for Trump. However, many questioned this claim saying a lawyer would not have written "pled" instead of "pleaded" in the tweet.
Twitter could not help but mock the president over his "epic meltdown" and "incriminating tweets" with a cornucopia of jokes, memes and sarcastic comments.
Claiming a lawyer “drafted†a bad public statement is so weird as a defence. This is like a politician saying something bad in a speech and then anonymous aides saying “a speechwriter drafted the speech.â€
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 3, 2017
Just so we’re clear, a vetted statement drafted by counsel that admits to a crime is MUCH MORE INCRIMINATING than a tweet tossed off by a suspect with a well-known reputation for saying things that aren’t true.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 3, 2017
He also took aim at the Justice Department, his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, the FBI and Comey in a series of tweets.
After years of Comey, with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more), running the FBI, its reputation is in Tatters - worst in History! But fear not, we will bring it back to greatness.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
"He's unraveling for all to see," one Twitter user wrote. Another person said Trump's "desperation is showing."
"Donald Trump tweeted 3 times this morning about Hillary Clinton's emails. In other words, Robert Mueller is getting really close to taking down the most CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN HISTORY," one person going by the name "Proud Resister" tweeted.
Journalist Kurt Eichenwald tweeted: "White House blaming John Dowd for @Potus's "I confess" tweet. I call BS. I know Dowd. Smart as a whip lawyer. He wouldn't give a damn what Twitter world thinks of Flynn charges. Thats pure Trump. WH blaming Dowd is transparent attempt 2 hide lie with attorney/client privilege."
"By the end of all this, the White House is going to need a YUGE bus...so it can fit all the people Trump will have thrown under it," Star Trek star George Takei tweeted.
Yeah. You’re really in the shit.
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) December 2, 2017
— Pattipalooza (@ganglywhitegirl) December 3, 2017
Trump has tweeted 36,500 times. To the best of my knowledge, yesterday's tweet -- the one adding evidence to his possible obstruction of justice -- is the first time ever that someone else claimed to write a tweet for him. Just a coincidence?
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) December 3, 2017
Please share far and wide so that every family who believes in TRUTH and JUSTICE can sing 🎶 JUSTICE BELLS 🎶 this Holiday Season! 🔔 pic.twitter.com/oGT3m62zHs
— PROUD RESISTER 👊 (@ProudResister) December 3, 2017
Innocent people don’t obstruct justice.
— PROUD RESISTER 👊 (@ProudResister) December 1, 2017
Innocent people don’t obstruct justice.
Innocent people don’t obstruct justice.
Innocent people don’t obstruct justice.
Innocent people don’t obstruct justice.
Innocent people don’t obstruct justice.
Innocent people don’t obstruct justice.
Going full tilt into whataboutism isn’t going to save you @realDonaldTrump It’s time your lawyers started negotiating with Mueller. Perhaps some leniency in exchange for immediate resignation.... Maybe do what Flynn did-try to save your kids.
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) December 3, 2017
2. There is a lot of competition for the dumbest Trump tweet but one where he effectively admits he obstructed justice probably wins https://t.co/sTtredI2XQ
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 2, 2017
Trump's folks are so freaked out by @realDonaldTrump tweet that establishes Obstruction of Justice that they are trying to blame lawyer Dowd. If true, they should fire him for malpractice. But it doesn't absolve Trump. If lawyer drafts X & I say X, then I have adopted X as my own https://t.co/lmB6PmM3OE
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 3, 2017
The FBI is in “tatters� No. The only thing in tatters is the President’s respect for the rule of law. The dedicated men and women of the FBI deserve better.
— Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) December 4, 2017
Imagine being so insecure that you become leader of the free world and yet spend much of your public-facing time lashing out like an embittered loser.
— Sean Kelley McKeever (@seankmckeever) December 4, 2017
Not that you have to, Sport.
— Holland Reid (@HollandReid) December 4, 2017
You are the primary representative of the United States federal government. Act like it.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 3, 2017
Trump’s mind is in tatters.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 4, 2017
“I want the American people to know this truth: The FBI is honest. The FBI is strong. And the FBI is, and always will be, independent.â€
— James Comey (@Comey) December 3, 2017
Me (June 8, 2017) pic.twitter.com/OZ1ZiBrMNL
Two men alone in a room. Now one of them is lying about what was said in the room. Which one is lying? James Comey or Donald Trump? Go ahead, America, you decide. https://t.co/jcaXv43Nad
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) December 3, 2017
Is this you? Or your lawyer? Or the Tooth Fairy?
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) December 4, 2017
Feeling the heat, Donny? Get out of the kitchen. #25thAmendmentNow
— ContraTrumps (@ContraTrumps) December 3, 2017
But not the ability.
— Leta Lestrange (@LetaLestrange17) December 3, 2017
From Suckabee Sanders November 2016 pic.twitter.com/9W6vU9GxVs
— 🥀Persisterhood 🥀 (@LisaMarieChamp3) December 4, 2017
your tweet was like Watergate but if Nixon connected the recording system to a huge outdoor speaker
— David Kazzie (@DavidKazzie) December 3, 2017
Why do you bring Hillary up every time it looks like you are screwed legally? Your innocence or guilt is no determined by her innocence or guilt. You do realize that, right?
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) December 3, 2017
— Lost_in_Appalachia (@LostinAppalacha) December 3, 2017
The only thing in tatters is our reputation around the world. Except in Russia for some reason.
— Jason Baum (@jasonbaum) December 4, 2017
I love a Trump twitter meltdown.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) December 3, 2017
I really, really do.
Shows his thin-skinned weakness.
Take it from an old gal who has been witness to a great deal. Take a mental snapshot because we are in truly historic times. These are the days you will be telling your kids and grandkids about someday. https://t.co/ydoKrovzHb
— 🖕ðŸ»Aunt Crabby 🖕🻠(@DearAuntCrabby) December 4, 2017
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