Michael Wolff’s new book on Trump, “Fire and Fury,” is causing one hell of a buzz. And it’s no wonder when it contains shocking revelations like this:
Wow, this extract from Wolff’s book is a shocking insight into Trump’s mind: pic.twitter.com/1ZecclggSa
— the gorilla channel thing is a joke (@pixelatedboat) January 5, 2018
Pretty damning, right? Just one tiny problem: It’s a parody. Unfortunately, that seems to have been lost on Eric Garland:
THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF MADE A MAKESHIFT GORILLA CHANNEL FOR TRUMP TO WATCH AS MUCH AS 17 TIMES A DAY.#GorillaChannel pic.twitter.com/8BU4Ch9oiD
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 5, 2018
He even changed his bio and everything:
Bless his heart.
Blue Checkers: dRumpf is SUCH a dotard
Also Blue Checkers: ZOMG THE WHITE HOUSE CREATED A MAKE-SHIFT UTUBE CHANNEL OF GORILLAS SO HE COULD WATCH GORILLAS 17 HOURS A DAY LULZ DRUMPFTARD
— Get a Grip (@LilMissRightie) January 5, 2018
He did delete the tweet …
Why did you delete this tweet, @ericgarland? pic.twitter.com/WKV29Atztv
— neontaster ? (@neontaster) January 5, 2018
@ericgarland hey man have you heard about this gorilla channel? I think you meant to say something about it but you deleted the tweet what’s up?
— Ruthless T. Firefly (@BecketAdams) January 5, 2018
But not before taking a royal beating:
I can't believe people are actually falling for the gorilla channel thing pic.twitter.com/XuBeSXMmBC
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 5, 2018
Sad!
intelligence expert here everyone
— jack allison (@jackallisonLOL) January 5, 2018
“I ama very smart person with multiple degrees and years of experience.”
“Gorilla Channel is real!”
-Same people
— Matt Dempster (@dempstermd) January 5, 2018
Uhh- that original tweet was a joke.
— Dave in Cedar Rapids (@lemahevad) January 5, 2018
Eric my man have you heard of the duck channel. They have this one show where they drink milkshakes
— latte capitalism (@pfffr) January 5, 2018
even gave it the five-alarm all caps and a hashtag treatment too https://t.co/4MrklAvUwT
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 5, 2018
hello @ericgarland derp here, from online. just wanted to be nice and let you know i saved your deleted tweet for you. #YourWelcome oh and you're incredibly dumb and bad lol thx pic.twitter.com/zAbMMW4dnk
— derp, from online™️ (@D2_Derpinator) January 5, 2018
Guys, it's time for some game theory pic.twitter.com/exnv9jA6Ku
— Mark Constantine (@vexmark) January 5, 2018
Guys. It's time for an intervention. pic.twitter.com/bcrNbxAT4V
— Jim Treacher is a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) January 5, 2018
the reason respectable media malign thinkfluencers like eric garland is because he falls for twitter jokes like this pic.twitter.com/9lDk4NxnuV
— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) January 5, 2018
How dare you make fun of this unimpeachable expert, plebs?! pic.twitter.com/BbMBKisuql
— neontaster ? (@neontaster) January 5, 2018
Ouch.
But perhaps no jab hurts quite as much as this one from Andy Levy:
— andy levy (@andylevy) January 5, 2018
You guys.
I love this so
— ThunderB (@ThunderB) January 5, 2018
savage https://t.co/Yyl7OY7ij8
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) January 5, 2018
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) January 5, 2018
Excellent work, Andy. I see your game theory is rapidly improving.
— Ben Lyon (@byrdturgler) January 5, 2018
Somehow this is funnier than the original joke
— justin (@ly_yng) January 5, 2018
So good.
So he advises top men?
Top? Men?
— AgainstTrumpDude (@TheAmishDude) January 5, 2018
I am now providing strategic intelligence to top executives.
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) January 5, 2018
I think it's time we talk about some banana theory
— Down Punxx (@downpunxx) January 5, 2018
Snort.
Looking forward to the inevitable "I was just joking you guys" or, more likely, "the scary thing is it COULD have been real!" https://t.co/pjKlEfxJsJ
— neontaster ? (@neontaster) January 5, 2018
Here you go:
Dammit guys, I got totally punked on the Gorilla Channel thing – but when you've already gotten to "eating KFC in bed," I mean, we're through the looking glass.
Thanks to all who called me out. We keep it clean and Deza-free at Game Theory HQ. ?
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 5, 2018
Nice try, pal.
Haha you guys, I totally fell for the tweet about Trump eating babies from the "Funny fake tweets" account, but what do you expect? Everything sounds plausible now. Anyway back to my totally sane thread about the chip Putin planted in Trump's head. /142
— neontaster ? (@neontaster) January 5, 2018
In all seriousness, though:
Now humanity has no choice but to make The Gorilla Channel real
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 5, 2018
Right?
I, for one, would totes watch the #GorillaChannel. pic.twitter.com/reWO2UIZ2X
— Thomas Dodson (@shockthomas) January 5, 2018
