Unlike Donald Trump, it turns out Preet Bharara is a witty genius at this whole Twitter thing
The funny thing about getting fired is it means you can say and do whatever you want afterward. And so even as the nation continues to try to figure out just why Donald Trump fired universally respected U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, and how it may have related to Trump’s own political and legal scandals, Bharara has taken up residence on Twitter. It turns out he’s far better at the whole Twitter thing than his former boss is.
Here’s an example of a typical Preet Bharara tweet, which manages to make fun of himself while tacitly making fun of the disastrous Trump administration:
My mom wants to know if there is an exception to this rule. https://t.co/sZxqbR1p6E
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 6, 2017
Here, Bharara jokes about the corrupt world leaders who hate him:
Banned by Putin & now accused by Erdogan. Not saying pattern, but if Duterte charges me w/drug trafficking, I'm gonna think something's up. https://t.co/finZuqr5gt
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 15, 2017
Then we’ve got fun with prepositions:
Churchill did, after all, win the Nobel Prize in Literature & told the best joke about ending sentences with prepositions I can think of. https://t.co/yj9QkJ46h2
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 10, 2017
Here Bharara makes fun of the Trump administration by making fun of George W. Bush:
Strategery. https://t.co/rQyT7dhUG5
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 18, 2017
And of course there are the straight-up digs at Trump’s general awfulness:
Yet another drainage problem in the swamp, it seems. . . https://t.co/UqPJYwRjms
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 15, 2017
Meanwhile the typical Donald Trump tweet looks like this:
The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention – never been a time like this!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017
In short, we recommend that Preet Bharara seek higher office in the future. Until then, follow him on Twitter (link). And as always, we recommend that Donald Trump try Twitter for Dummies (link).
Bill Palmer is the publisher of the political news outlet Palmer Report