Trump ridiculed for retweeting himself - then agreeing with himself
'I understand. It must get lonely in that bunker'
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Your support makes all the difference.Keen observers of President Donald Trump’s Twitter habits will know that he often retweets himself, presumably either to underline a point, or perhaps when he is feeling less inspired than usual.
On Monday the president went one step further: he retweeted himself and then agreed with himself.
While this is something he has done before — presumably when he feels that a tweet is a particular work of genius — on Monday, Twitter users were on hand with the jokes.
The original tweet, an all caps reference to a favourite phrase of President Richard Nixon’s — the silent majority — came as polling data shows a continued decline in the president’s favourability ratings and reelection chances.
His addition of the words “So true!” to the tweet inspired others to try their hand at agreeing with themselves.
George Conway, co-founder of anti-Trump conservative group The Lincoln Project, – and husband of one of the president's most loyal and outspoken aides, Kellyanne Conway – added the phrase to a tweet in which he referred to the president as “one of the dumbest people alive”.
Congressman Ted Lieu added “So true!” to a tweet he had sent addressing the president which said that the American people are no longer silent, “You should try listening to us.”
Other users basked in the ridiculousness of it all or sarcastically stated that it was a normal thing to do.
Beau Willimon, president of the Writers Guild of America, East – and creator of the US version of the political thriller House of Cards – replied: “You do realise you’re talking to yourself, right?”
He replied to his own tweet, adding: “I understand. It must get lonely in that bunker.”
The official account of The Lincoln Project simply put: “He finally found someone that agrees with him.”
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