President Trump’s last tweet was at 9:39 am on Saturday and reporters have taken notice. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell:
Sun has just set on the first day of his presidency with no tweet from @realDonaldTrump (so far)
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) March 12, 2017
Politico’s Timothy Noah adds:
We've gone almost a week now without a deeply unhinged Twitter outburst from Donald Trump.
— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) March 12, 2017
Whatever will you guys do with all your free time now?
What's on TV tonight? https://t.co/yUipmVRtde
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/GlennF/status/841058710835290112
https://twitter.com/GlennF/status/841059349959122944
They’re keeping track, that’s for sure:
Trump has not commemorated the anniversary of March on Selma/Bloody Sunday. No press release, no tweets, no events. Am I right @BerniceKing? pic.twitter.com/OHo8LOb2Do
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 12, 2017
And here’s the expected, “White House aides treat the president like a toddler” observation:
someone took his Android away
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) March 12, 2017
Anyway, the first step in recovery is admitting you have a problem so this is a good sign:
I think I've developed an addiction to them. Some sick co-dependency thing.
— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) March 12, 2017
Time for Plan B — focus on policy:
.@Fahrenthold — we are seeing Trump's tweets don't mean much. Journalists can now focus on actual policy.
— Chris Shadrock (@ChrisShadrock) March 12, 2017
If only.
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