'Ouch'! Brit Hume dumps ice-cold water all over Soledad O'Brien's 'genius take' on Trump's Iraq visit; Updated

Sarah D | 5:38 PM on December 26, 2018

As Twitchy told you, media and lefty blue-checks ended up with a crapload of egg on their faces after Donald and Melania Trump’s Iraq visit shot their narrative full of holes.

Alyssa Milano was one of many who jumped the gun and faceplanted:

Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops at Christmastime. https://t.co/VEyyij9B0S

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) December 26, 2018

Brit Hume was among those who pointed out Milano’s mistake:

By the time this was posted, the President and Mrs. Trump were in Iraq with the troops. https://t.co/g9ACNO5hxn

— Brit Hume (@brithume) December 26, 2018

And that got the attention of Soledad O’Brien, who did the best she could to try to put a negative spin on Trump’s visit:

Shaming him seems to work. https://t.co/KMSPnDAPyE

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) December 26, 2018

What would Soledad O’Brien know about shame? About as much as she knows about everything else. It’s not difficult to pour cold water on O’Brien’s hot takes, but Hume does it with such flair, it’s worth highlighting:

Yes, Ma’am. Trump read this tweet when it was posted and time-traveled himself back to yesterday and flew to Iraq. Genius take.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) December 26, 2018

Sorry—let me spell it out more slowly so you can understand me: the President (according to cnn’s Barabar Starr) prepped for this trip several weeks ago. The shaming seems to have worked. I hope you’re having a nice holiday. Try not to be such an a**hole in 2019. ❤️

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) December 27, 2018

Then why’d you post your tweet in response to one that was about a tweet sent today? Your tweet was ridiculous.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) December 27, 2018

Of course he prepped for the trip weeks ago, duh:

Dear Libs,
Presidential trips to conflict zones are NOT scheduled days in advance. They’re scheduled weeks in advance w/advance teams on the ground up to 1-2 weeks prior. Your dopey suggestion that Trump took this Iraq trip in response to your criticisms this week is just dumb.

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) December 26, 2018

The media simply cannot fathom that Trump did something good and they weren't a part of it. So convinced of his evil, and their good, the notion of him doing something good without their haranguing and shaming doesn't enter their minds.

Time travel is literally more plausible. https://t.co/Ovkr7c5haC

— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) December 27, 2018