Trump Mocked for Late Night Rage Tweet Against Bette Midler: Evidence of ‘Serious Psychiatric Issues’
President Donald Trump was mocked on Twitter after he began rage tweeting during the early hours of the morning London time.
Trump, who is currently visiting the U.K., began his 1 a.m. tweetstorm by attacking “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer,” who he called “a creep” and accused of wanting “our country to fail with drugs,” but the main focus of his anger was reserved for actress Bette Midler, as she recently tweeted and deleted a false quote attributed to the president.
“Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally fabricated by her in order to make ‘your great president’ look really bad,” he tweeted in response to the Oscar-winning performer deleting a post that falsely claimed Trump once said he would run for president as a Republican because he saw conservatives as dumb enough to vote for him.
“She got caught, just like the Fake News Media gets caught. A sick scammer!” he added.
Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally fabricated by her in order to make “your great president” look really bad. She got caught, just like the Fake News Media gets caught. A sick scammer!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2019
The president was quickly mocked for his late-night venting against the 73-year-old actress. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s husband George Conway suggested the Midler post is proof enough of “serious psychiatric issues,” while others noted Trump tweeting at 1 a.m. London time isn’t even the strangest part of the posts.
Check out a few of the reactions below:
Evidence that Trump has serious psychiatric issues, Exhibit 57,296. #DerangedDonald pic.twitter.com/D95cBde4Qd
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2019
cuckoo for cocoa puffs in any time zone #DerangedDonald https://t.co/mSs27ZVjH9
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2019
I love everyone pointing out that it’s 1:30 in the morning in London as though it would be normal for the president to fight with Bette Midler at, say, 4 in the afternoon.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 5, 2019
Trump tweeting about Bette Midler after midnight in London wasn’t on my bingo sheet.
— Connor O’Brien (@connorobrienNH) June 5, 2019
The difference between Midler and Trump’s propagandists is that she actually deleted the incorrect tweet. https://t.co/42t8SyZNCT
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) June 5, 2019
Trump caring about what Bette Midler thinks about him only serves as a reminder that he is 110 years old
— Christian Schneider (@Schneider_CM) June 5, 2019
Bette Midler has was won 3 Emmys, 3 Grammys, and 1 Tony award.
Trump couldn’t even win the popular vote.
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) June 5, 2019
June 5, 1944, in Great Britain: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower drafts this statement in case the invasion fails (Ike seems to have written the date as July 5 rather than June 5).
June 5, 2019, in Great Britain: U.S. President Donald J. Trump tweets an attack on Bette Midler. pic.twitter.com/bsqPdvHIX6— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 5, 2019
Future historians will now have to record the President of the United States’ public feud with Bette Midler
— Adam Serwer? (@AdamSerwer) June 5, 2019
Not since FDR followed the signing of the Atlantic Charter with a fireside chat denouncing Ethel Merman https://t.co/nLeYi3pyt3
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) June 5, 2019
Now, just hours before the President is called upon to mark the 75th anniversary of one of the most heroic events in world history — D-Day — where so many gave their lives in the name of freedom, our President soulfully reflects on the significance of the day ahead. https://t.co/e1T4Eu3Jb0
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) June 5, 2019
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