Trump Blasted for Tweet Sniping at the Weekly Standard for Shutting Down: ‘What a Sh*t He Is’

President Donald Trump danced on the grave of The Weekly Standard today and was immediately criticized for taking that tone on the news of a respected conservative magazine shutting down.

The pathetic and dishonest Weekly Standard, run by failed prognosticator Bill Kristol (who, like many others, never had a clue), is flat broke and out of business. Too bad. May it rest in peace!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2018

Veterans of the Weekly Standard reacted, along with others who found it unseemly Trump would cheer this on:

@ me next time https://t.co/jIid2PgyLU

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 15, 2018

I’m gonna call this a badge of honor. Though I wish like hell that ⁦@HolmesLybrand⁩ could fact check the four lies. pic.twitter.com/Z8Jtr2nPcN

— Rachael Larimore (@RachaelBL) December 15, 2018

Matt Labash: Nine Tales of Trump at His Trumpiesthttps://t.co/1xCqu3pC8G https://t.co/W7CP3lHnOl

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) December 15, 2018

Merry Christmas, from the president of the United States. https://t.co/tigt0uEYFN

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) December 15, 2018

A bunch of smart, hard-working conservative journalists are now looking for work just before Christmas, and this is the president’s response: https://t.co/z2vAZeVWke

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 15, 2018

The President of the United States celebrates Americans losing their jobs https://t.co/CWEHYsXHEp

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) December 15, 2018

Nothing like rejoicing in the loss of a critical conservative voice and the joblessness of several fine journalists ten days before Christmas. https://t.co/mmjZmZXXsl

— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) December 15, 2018

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— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) December 15, 2018

This is beyond petty. https://t.co/O5SWRbe2RD

— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) December 15, 2018

Trump celebrates the death of a conservative magazine, because it didn’t support him https://t.co/6pEb3OqLMn

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 15, 2018

It's a week or so before Christmas. A magazine shuts down. People lose their jobs. And the President of the United States dances on their graves.

What a shit he is. What a narcissist shit he is. https://t.co/b4On2jSIKT

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) December 15, 2018

Narrator: Trump ran six businesses into bankruptcy. https://t.co/uUvYDlwgLw

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) December 15, 2018

Inevitable and classless: https://t.co/1nG9abVXft

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 15, 2018

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