'Total moron': Eric Trump roasted over his 'ridiculous' defence of his father's 'Pocahontas' insult
Twitter swiftly responded to the 33-year-old's "bizarre reasoning" with a myriad of jokes, comments and memes.
US President Donald Trump's son Eric tried to defend his father's recent controversial comments calling Senator Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas" by comparing it to Disney, but he was mercilessly roasted for it instead. Trump came under fire this week for poking fun at Warren for saying she is part Native American by calling her "Pocahontas" during a ceremony honouring Navajo code talkers who served in World War II.
"You were here long before any of us were here," Trump told the Native American veterans while standing beneath a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson. "Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas. But you know what. I like you. Because you are special."
Trump's controversial jab immediately triggered massive backlash with Warren saying it's "deeply unfortunate" that the president can't make it through a ceremony honouring the veterans "without throwing out a racial slur."
However, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders argued that the controversial nickname is not a racial slur.
Eric Trump also came to his father's defence on Twitter saying: "The irony of an ABC reporter (whose parent company Disney has profited nearly half a billion dollars on the movie 'Pocahontas') inferring that the name is 'offensive' is truly staggering to me."
Naturally, Twitter swiftly responded to the 33-year-old's "ridiculous reasoning" with a myriad of jokes, comments and memes.
"Ummm, bright eyes, that movie was about celebrating the actual person Pocahontas. Your father using it as a term of derision for a Dem senator in front of heroes is what is offensive," Matthew Dowd tweeted.
"Your dad is taking the name and using it as a slur," one Twitter user wrote. "What part of that do you not get? Just how dumb are you?"
One person chimed: "Dude, long division is staggering to you."
Democratic Representative Ted Lieu wrote: "Dear @EricTrump: The movie "Dumb and Dumber" grossed $247 million. That doesn't mean that if I call you "Dumb" you wouldn't find it "offensive." Get it?"
"The idea that we have to ever explain this is MIND BLOWING!" Linsey Godfrey tweeted.
The irony of Eric Trump (whose father is President of the United States) inferring that the name « Pocahontas », said in front of Native Americans war heroes is not « offensive », is truly staggering to me.
— silversly (@silversly) November 28, 2017
Context is everything Eric.
— Claire Johnson (@tiny_direwolf) November 28, 2017
Um, except your father uses Pocahontas negatively. Disney used it positively. Honestly, Eric, it's not rocket science.
— Vivian Copeland (@Belairviv) November 28, 2017
Are you actually this dumb or is it just an act to appear this dumb?
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 28, 2017
you get truly staggered by the presence of marshmallows in your lucky charms
— your favorite cured meat (me) (@jimpjorps) November 28, 2017
Other things Eric finds "staggering."
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) November 28, 2017
-Revolving doors
-Where the Sun goes at night
-How there's always a quarter hidden in his ear but he can never find it
It’s staggering to you because you’re a total moron. Context matters. Disney isn’t using the name to belittle. The name isn’t what is offensive. It is the manner in which it is being used as an insult. I hope I didn’t offend any actual morons by calling you one.
— Rich Colbert (@richjcolbert) November 29, 2017
1) Not irony
— AltEPA (@ActualEPAFacts) November 29, 2017
2) Pocahontas was a person.
3) Your dad is racist (that’s not “inferring†it’s “stating a factâ€
4)Using “staggering†in this sense makes you sound stupid
5) You ARE actually the dumbest Trump, aren’t you?
Okay, now lets break down the ABC reporter/ Disney thing.
— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) November 28, 2017
Using the word "Pocahontas" as the title of a movie about, "Pocahontas" is not offensive. It would be weird if they called the movie something else. That's kind of how history works. You don't get to make up names. 3/
Y’all stop. I don’t think @EricTrump knows that Pocahontas is an actual person and not a fictional characters.
— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) November 28, 2017
Like father like son.
Bless their little low-IQ hearts. https://t.co/ThZf0H06Gy
— Cairo Santos Claus 🎅🼠(@BestHumanTalent) November 29, 2017
Intent matters. Your dad has set out constantly to undermine and offend Warren by calling her that name. It's the intent that makes it a slur.
— Erin (@Velvetpage) November 28, 2017
This is really embarrassing.
— erinmalone (@erinmalone) November 29, 2017
— Tanja Balde (@PasstheTanja) November 29, 2017
Dear @EricTrump The name isn't offensive if it's referring to the actual person. For instance, if I said you were as dumb as Eric Trump it's not offensive because you ARE Eric Trump. https://t.co/MmZw2Ft5Mu
— Mark Critch (@markcritch) November 28, 2017
All Eric Trump had to do was not speak and everyone would have assumed Don Jr. was the dumb one. https://t.co/pOOU8ka1sE
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) November 29, 2017
As others have noted, and I feel compelled to reiterate, you have the intellectual capacity of a ham rolled in hair.
— Teenage Phlebotomy (@lumpyprole) November 28, 2017
Eric, have you not learned a lesson from your father to think before you tweet? pic.twitter.com/7sozF5i5DI
— janks (@jmjanks) November 29, 2017
Yep that’s totally the same thing. 🙄
— Scandi Bogan (@1azylizzie) November 29, 2017
Creating a film based on, and paying homage to a real person is totally the same as using that name as a slur to demean a political opponent.
Sit down you ridiculous fool.
the irony of an ineffectual son (whose parent has profited nearly a million dollars on fraudulent charities set up through family foundations) inferring that the company affiliation of a reporter is disqualifying is truly staggering to me
— Bernie Bernstein (@greenbean99999) November 28, 2017
The stupidity, ignorance, and bigotry of this entire family continues to astound me.
— 🎄Barbâ›„ï¸ (@D8N_Barb) November 28, 2017
