As soon as Donald Trump had announced the big shake-up in his campaign staff, supporters began asking if the new team had any plans to take away the candidate’s tweeting privileges, and, if not, could they at least consider it?
That call for Trump to log off has never gone away, but maybe it’s time that progressives had an intervention with the goal of convincing George Takei to let his Twitter account cool off for a bit.
It was only last week when Takei called on people tired of all the shootings to join him in his fight against the NRA; the only thing was, he tweeted that right after the “mass shooting” at Ohio State University that was actually a knife attack — the only gun was in the hands of the officer who used it to end the attack just a minute after it started.
This Tuesday afternoon, Takei was calling Trump reckless for his offhand, factually incorrect tweet about Boeing letting costs get out of control in building the brand new Air Force One.
Trump's offhand, factually incorrect tweet about Boeing and Air Force One wiped a billion off share value. He's too reckless for the office.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 6, 2016
Quite the opposite. You're too reckless with tweeting before doing the research.
— Amber (@AmberGirl3) December 6, 2016
Blame the real news for that bit of fake news; as Twitchy reported, plenty of reporters stepped forward to fact-check Trump on his numbers, but it was NBC News that finally set the record straight, acknowledging that by the time the two aircraft are built, the price tag likely will be more than $4 billion.
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In an echo of the Ohio State “shooting” tweet, NBC cleared up that mystery a couple of hours before Takei tweeted his take to his 2 million followers — is he too reckless for Twitter?
https://twitter.com/TheMadHessian/status/806255100981379072
The $170 million is only 1st phase of the deal. Check white house, not MSM fake news.
— D2GLS ?? (@D2GLS) December 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/806242731781750784
it's called negotiations, why pay what they want when you can barter? Why give one company all the government contracts?…
— Chris (@ryan90_chris) December 6, 2016
.@GeorgeTakei "wiped a billion off share value" is misleading. BA dropped <1% overnight and is now up from yesterday. Let's stay honest.
— ?? (@elektrikfisch) December 6, 2016
.@GeorgeTakei Misleading facts only lead to distrust. Fight tyranny with honesty. #notmypresident
— ?? (@elektrikfisch) December 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/czechov/status/806239924034879488
.@GeorgeTakei It's like you can't go a single day with lying about Trump. pic.twitter.com/gIvmcLWAb3
— Lalafell Warrior ✘ (@fuzzytoad) December 6, 2016
actor says what?
— Jenny Ruskie (@AnneRkissed69) December 7, 2016
The rush to prove Trump wrong was so misguided that the Air Force itself issued a statement Tuesday afternoon.
BREAKING: Air Force releases statement on Air Force One — "we have budgeted $2.7B…but expect this number to change" pic.twitter.com/e9JWtIPprc
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 6, 2016
Pro tip: Whenever anyone gives a cost estimate and advises you to “expect this number to change,” it ain’t going down. That’s where negotiation can help reign in those vague changes:
Scoop:
Boeing called Trump team after PEOTUS' tweets; said #AirForceOne cost can decrease if gov't lowers specs, Boeing sources tell me.
— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) December 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/slugopugo/status/806219521027620864
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