He that is without sin among you, let him make the first call.
In his morning tweet storm, the President of the United States (Donald Trump, if you've been lucky enough to have forgotten) revealed that he doesn't know how a whole bunch of things work.
He said that if Democrats begin impeachment hearings, he'd go to his handpicked Supreme Court. That's neither how separation of powers nor the impeachment process works.
The Mueller Report, despite being written by Angry Democrats and Trump Haters, and with unlimited money behind it (… https://t.co/P0Xq2h0Boq— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1556107806.0
He accused the Mexican military of firing on the National Guard, threatening war with America's southern neighbor. The exchange of fire didn't happen either.
From military: “We believe this brief exchange was a misunderstanding concerning the location of the unmarked U.S.… https://t.co/bcevBPt8oZ— Josh Dawsey (@Josh Dawsey) 1556116313.0
Least consequentially—but most amusingly—the president also indicated his lack of understanding over the complicated government process known as "phone calls."
I didn’t call Bob Costa of the Washington Post, he called me (Returned his call)! Just more Fake News.— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1556114975.0
Reporter Robert Costa published in The Washington Post that Trump told him that he is against having his aides testify to Congress as the legislative branch attempts to conduct its constitutional duty of oversight over the executive.
NEWS: President Trump tells The Post in an interview tonight that House Dems should be satisfied w/ the Mueller rep… https://t.co/RiNXvbHIEj— Robert Costa (@Robert Costa) 1556065929.0
Trump takes issue not with the implication of a constitutional crisis, but the fact that it is insufficiently clear that Costa made the first call (???). Costa made no secret of the fact that he called first.
Yes, I noted this last night, before the interview posted. https://t.co/brT1URp6F4 https://t.co/grFXjTzOdC— Robert Costa (@Robert Costa) 1556115106.0
Trump's tweet unfolds like a logic puzzle, insisting that he didn't call Costa, followed by the parenthetical "(Returned his call)!". Who is going to tell him that returning a phone call is also a form of making a phone call? People on Twitter, that's who.
That’s literally what calling someone is https://t.co/zeBgVr5Rb7— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1556115055.0
so…. You called him https://t.co/SLJnlQq728— Sam Stein (@Sam Stein) 1556115076.0
This is exactly what @costareports said. He requested comment from @realDonaldTrump for a profile and POTUS called… https://t.co/wiuseL7sb6— Michael D. Shear (@Michael D. Shear) 1556115386.0
Who's writing the 2,000-word take about how returning a call ~is~ calling someone? Please file by EOD. https://t.co/Knk9Lg3Swd— Colin Campbell (@Colin Campbell) 1556115386.0
There are memes.
I DIDN'T CALL YOU, YOU CALLED ME AND I RETURNED YOUR CALL https://t.co/7kAzFtsYA0— Dave Itzkoff (@Dave Itzkoff) 1556115227.0
@ditzkoff “I’M RETURNING YOUR CALL, JERKSTORE!” https://t.co/CfhhHgyjBg— Santa Claus, CEO (@Santa Claus, CEO) 1556115333.0
He that is without sin among you, let him make the first call.
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