The Washington Post’s David Nakamura was apparently feeling thoughtful today and take a closer look at Donald Trump’s Secret Service detail:
Trump has arrived on the Hill for the Senate GOP lunch to talk over ideas to bolster economy in face of coronavirus fears. I circled Trump's lead Secret Service agent, just because. pic.twitter.com/x7eQaIaeev
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 10, 2020
Screenshot just in case it gets deleted:
So, David, just because … why, exactly?
explain
— Daniel Martini (@DanielMartini) March 10, 2020
I don't follow
— Patch Happens (@Finger_Fan) March 10, 2020
What’s your point??
— TmDevine9 (@bren_field) March 10, 2020
— AJ Braunschweiger (@1Braunschweiger) March 10, 2020
What…what’s the point here?
— Kenny Baker (@Kennybaker85) March 10, 2020
I…don't get it. Why are you circling him?
— jennamariebee ?❤️?♀️ (@jennamariebee) March 10, 2020
I don’t understand the point of circling him? Like….what?
— Madame Microbe (@theologyphile) March 10, 2020
If the point of this tweet is what I think it is then… uh… wow. https://t.co/HZv8Pw2Y8t
— neontaster (@neontaster) March 10, 2020
According to Nakamura, this was the point of his little exercise:
I see there are questions about why I circled him. No reason other than just to identify someone people might not recognize and also I wrote this today about Service role in safeguarding Potus in face of virus risk https://t.co/tY4AEkwVaw
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 10, 2020
Ooookaaaay.
— TasteTheBrainbow (@Appeal2DaStone) March 10, 2020
This is racist as hell
— commonsense (@commonsense258) March 10, 2020
Is his point really "the guy is Asian and Trump blames China"? Because does he even know if he's Chinese? And if he's not Chinese, then you just jumped with both feet into a puddle of "all Asians are interchangeable."
Is there some joking I'm missing???
— neontaster (@neontaster) March 10, 2020
Seems like the joke here is David Nakamura being a journalist.
journalisming
— CORDENTHUSIAST (@cordenthusiast) March 10, 2020
This is journalism now?
— Frank (@mugtang) March 10, 2020
WTF is wrong with you?
— D Wenke (@DaveWenke) March 10, 2020
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Update:
Well, Nakamura’s deleted the tweet:
I deleted an earlier tweet about the Secret Service. I wrote today about the agency’s role in dealing with the threat of coronavirus so I was interested in its tactics but should not have singled out its personnel. My apologies.
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 10, 2020
OK.
Still going with this, I see. https://t.co/vx3zOj7NOp
— neontaster (@neontaster) March 10, 2020