Donald Trump’s staff caught posting ridiculously phony tweet on his account
Democratic candidate Doug Jones defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore in the special election for U.S. Senate on Tuesday. It was a remarkable upset in a deeply Republican state, and a humiliating blow for Donald Trump, who had strongly endorsed Moore. Shortly after the election was called, Trump began tweeting about the race, as expected. However, the tweet itself was very surprising in nature. That’s because he didn’t post it.
Here’s what appeared on Trump’s official Twitter account just after 11pm eastern time on Tuesday: “Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of Alabama are great, and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!” Trump didn’t write this. First of all, he never congratulates his opponents under any circumstances. Second, this is not remotely his writing style or phrasing. Third, we all know Trump is fast asleep and passed out by that time of night. So what’s really going on here?
Rather obviously, Trump’s staff wrote this tweet and posted it to his account, in an attempt at making him appear magnanimous. There’s an open question as to whether his staffers might have written winning and losing tweets and run them both past Trump before he went to bed, or whether they’re simply tweeting on his behalf without him even knowing about it. Considering how discombobulated his words, behavior and appearance have become of late, we can no longer be sure that Trump even knows what’s going on.
In any case, we know without question that Donald Trump didn’t write this tweet. His staff made the tweet far too magnanimous-sounding for their own good, and got caught faking it in the process. Nice try, but even Trump’s staff can no longer cover for the snowballing collapse of his physical, mental, and psychological condition.
