Twitter Has a Field Day After Trump Says He Doesn’t Care if Dems Call The Wall ‘Peaches’

As the shutdown comes close to becoming the longest in U.S. history, President Donald Trump is continuing to call for Congress to vote for wall funding. In comments to reporters today, POTUS said the following:

Speaking after lawmakers had left Washington for the weekend, Mr. Trump called for Congress to return and vote for funding for a wall or steel barrier. “I don’t care what they name it,” he said. “They can name it peaches.”

“They can name it whatever they can… name it peaches.” https://t.co/0TsD1U13FX pic.twitter.com/oAfS36fo7y

— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) January 11, 2019

Media Twitter had a field day with the comment, including multiple references to a certain fitting song:

The Presidents of the United States have historically been big fans of Peaches https://t.co/41InZ5lsGd

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) January 11, 2019

"Millions of peaches, peaches for me…Millions of peaches, peaches for free." – The Presidents of the United States of America, 1996. https://t.co/dvm4botU4U

— Karen Travers (@karentravers) January 11, 2019

"Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches.
Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat me a lot of peaches.
Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches.
Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches." https://t.co/lqQamhYwcG

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) January 11, 2019

Why is everyone talking about peaches right now oh fuck me. https://t.co/361hvIjcOq

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 11, 2019

If yesterday it was a "wangdoodle," and today it's "peaches," is that progress? https://t.co/rSVYOorDut

— Richard Rubin (@RichardRubinDC) January 11, 2019

Wow, the new wall prototype is already out! pic.twitter.com/eFkqIhkPqa

— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) January 11, 2019

Maybe it’s not fiscally responsible to spend over 5 billion on peaches

— julianzelizer (@julianzelizer) January 11, 2019

Peach pits with slats https://t.co/vXbwpQWjw9

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 11, 2019

Peaches the Wall https://t.co/WVdlE7nV8K

— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) January 11, 2019

Did not have ‘peaches’ on my News Of the Week Bingo board, gotta say. https://t.co/AaYDYhXwzI

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) January 11, 2019

Ugh, that's ridiculous. Just ridiculous. I cannot believe he said that. Everyone knows "Peaches" is what insiders call SPACE FORCE! https://t.co/MrZgnjW8uh

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 11, 2019

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