Trump went 'ballistic' after being tossed off Twitter
Note to media: please don't use the words "Trump" and “Ballistic” together in the same sentence for the next 12 days if possible.
Things are just too nerve racking and too on edge right now in our nation.
After January 20, then fine. Biden will be the one in possession of the ballistic missile launch codes.
Thank you.
President Donald Trump has many prized possessions. But few seemed to inspire as much personal joy as his Twitter feed. Trump routinely boasted of the social media bullhorn he possessed. He credited it with launching his political trajectory. And he used it as a tool to lacerate his foes.
On Friday night, he lost it. And, then, he lost his mind.
The president is “ballistic,” a senior administration official said after Twitter permanently took down his account, citing the possibility that it would be used in the final 12 days of Trump’s presidency to incite violence. The official said Trump was “scrambling to figure out what his options are.”
So too was much of the political universe, which has become bleary-eyed obsessive about Twitter these past four years as Trump used the medium to fire advisers, sink legislative initiatives, encourage social duress and, lastly, praise the scores of MAGA faithful, just days after hundreds of them violently ransacked the Capitol.
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update: Wow, this little diary is on the Trending List. Thanks.
I’d like to add something. I just saw this interesting observation related to @realDonaldTrump account suspension:
