After a few days of staying relatively quiet on Twitter, President Trump fired off a series of scathing messages Thursday morning, which included a retweet of a meme from the account of a "YouTube actor."
The meme, originally retweeted in response to Trump by an account with the name Jerry Travone, features a series of pictures of the President gradually moving in front of President Obama. The caption reads "THE BEST ECLIPSE EVER!"
Travone's Twitter bio describes him as a "a YouTube Actor and Political Junkie . Proud Trump supporter and pushback against liberalism."
— Jerry Travone ? (@JerryTravone) August 24, 2017
Trump also spent the morning attacking GOP congressional leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, claiming he requested that the pair attach debt ceiling legislation to a recently passed VA reform bill, claiming the debt ceiling could have been "easy," but "now a mess!"
I requested that Mitch M & Paul R tie the Debt Ceiling legislation into the popular V.A. Bill (which just passed) for easy approval. They...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2017
...didn't do it so now we have a big deal with Dems holding them up (as usual) on Debt Ceiling approval. Could have been so easy-now a mess!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2017
Later, Trump went after McConnell again, saying that he his only problem with Mitch McConnell was that he failed to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The only problem I have with Mitch McConnell is that, after hearing Repeal & Replace for 7 years, he failed!That should NEVER have happened!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2017
Trump also attack the media for criticizing a series of speeches this week, and attacked former director of national intelligence James Clapper.
Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.
