@MarkHalperin everyone in my feed is making fun of you. just fyi…
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) June 16, 2015
Now that Donald Trump has announced his intention to run for president, we’d like to ask him what he’d do about America’s problem with grade inflation. While many viewers confessed they couldn’t make it through Trump’s speech due to deepening revulsion over some sort of growing blob at the corner of his mouth, Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin gave Trump a B-minus for style, as well as for substance. (We’re guessing that substance was “old man schmutz”.)
My @realDonaldTrump report card: Style B-. Substance B-. Overall B-. Full report card here: http://t.co/W16URRSqvW pic.twitter.com/DKwSEKg2LH
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) June 16, 2015
Not surprisingly, giving a grade above an F to the presidential candidate who asked seriously, “When did we beat Japan at anything?” had some wondering if Halperin wasn’t watching some other speech recorded just for him.
@MarkHalperin What color is the sky in your world?
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) June 16, 2015
.@MarkHalperin – serious question: are you high right now?
— rotkoff (@rotkof) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump and Mark Halperin not only just jumped the shark he is now the biggest joke ever.
— J Harris #Resist (@sabela13) June 16, 2015
@sabela13 @MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump : Still in mid-jump. Sharks all the way to the horizon.
— Bryce Anderson (@darth_schmoo) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump curved grading? grade inflation?
— Kevin W. (@real_kev) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump thats one hell of a curve you're grading on.
— Keith (@Keith__1983) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump People pay you to write stuff & give advice?
— Neil Price (@dneilprice) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump Are you high?
— Elizabeth West (@Limeylizzie) June 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/Twellde/status/610880612430422016
.@MarkHalperin i can't imagine what it would take to get a D if Trump's a B-
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin Really? These are your Trump scores? Either you metrics are off or you need to think about what you are doing.
— Dan Hazelwood (@HazelwoodDan) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin You just lost any credibility you had. B- on substance?
— Tom Manning (@t_b_manning) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump An insult to anyone who ever got a B- in anything, ever.
— Warner Crocker (@WarnerCrocker) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin Someone has hacked your account.
— B.J. Martino (@bjmartino) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump You're not supposed to grade presidential candidates on the same curve as a first grade coloring contest.
— Jezzer Is in a Food Coma RN, Pls Try Back Later (@Jezzerat) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump Mark, you can't be serious about your Trump assessment.
— Alexis Scott (@gagangwoman) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin you're a joke. You're only respected in your inner DC circle. Ur completely out of touch with reality
— Danny (@Mariah10Carey88) June 16, 2015
.@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump welcome to planet earth. I'm sure our two species can learn to peacefully co-exist.
— Dave Loren (@Dave_Loren) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump "B" for Birther?
— Christian Divine (@Chris_divine) June 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/GuyNamedTodd/status/610879158076469248
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump These grades are not going to get you Trump property upgrades nor preferred tee times MH
— terry mcclintock (@tmccli) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump Was there an essay question? Does this have something to do with Common Core?
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin there must be 50 letters above B in your alphabet.
— Believably Bad (@believablybad) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin B- for substance! You are exceedingly generous, sir. Perhaps it's a score relative to his colleagues and not to any ideals?
— Robert Stribley (@stribs) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump Do you take drugs?
— 4q2 (@ForQ2) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump "Still, left open too many questions about the hows and wherefores" I guess that's B- material in pundit land
— Don Quixotic (@DonQuixotic86) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump epic fail across the board
— marla (@tweetiepie2) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump I scored the Blond Badger living on Trump's head a strong C+
— Shawn S (@gaelicartguy) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump BREAKING: Halperin now writing for The Onion.
— Shawn S (@gaelicartguy) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin @realDonaldTrump I'll have what he's smoking.
— Sybill Trelawney (@SybilT2) June 16, 2015
@MarkHalperin jesus christ, halperin
— JC (@t3hjc) June 16, 2015
Wow. @realDonaldTrump must have video of @MarkHalperin committing acts so vile that Dennis Hastert'd say, "Dude, that's messed up." #fitn
— Timothy C. (@Granitepolitics) June 16, 2015
Anyone who dares can read the essay portion of Halperin’s assessment here, but be warned:
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/610885102541905920
Editor’s note: The headline of this post has been edited to correct a typo.
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