Well, this is awkward.
Earlier today, Donald Trump’s official Twitter account sent out a retweet:
Donald Trump, getting it done today
☑ Insult corn to Iowans pic.twitter.com/3nQhVavWav
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 22, 2015
Guess someone eventually realized that that might not be the best way for Donald to win Iowans’ hearts and minds, because the tweet later vanished. But don’t worry — there’s a really good explanation for what happened: The intern did it.
The young intern who accidentally did a Retweet apologizes.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2015
Hilarious.
So far, this is the best tweet from this account – EVER. https://t.co/mmgVAtUjlJ
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) October 22, 2015
Tears of hilarious wonder. https://t.co/z8XhZI4U9U
— A. N. Devers (@andevers) October 22, 2015
It’s also some pretty weak sauce:
Trump told CNN back in August that he endorses all his retweets: https://t.co/9lFTA2H3KR
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 22, 2015
When CNN asked Trump whether he endorses what he retweets this August, he said, “Well I do retweets, and I mean, to a certain extent, I do, yeah. I think that’s right. Do you want me to say no? You know, I retweet, I retweet for a reason.”
Did we mention this was awkward?
@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/X9Pyk7R96X
— ?TREASONOUS TRUMP? (@WitchHunter45) October 22, 2015
@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/dCvw3vctna
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) October 22, 2015
.@realDonaldTrump no problem, Iowans love to be insulted by New Yorkers
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/alwaysonoffense/status/657273076724408320
https://twitter.com/ThatElJefe/status/657270339001434112
https://twitter.com/NirajAntani/status/657276421673385984
@realDonaldTrump Intern? https://t.co/V4ob3gVWDm
— Michael Wiley (@MinneMike) October 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/jacobperry/status/657271065761226752
@realDonaldTrump Way to throw an unnamed young intern under the bus. Likely story I'm sure.
— Don Juan (@DonJuan7204) October 22, 2015
Ah yes, those young millenial interns and their manual RTs…https://t.co/JjfiyAam08 pic.twitter.com/eD2C9TK7Eo
— Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) October 22, 2015
PREVIOUS POSITION: Social media intern, Trump 2016 campaign
REASON FOR DISMISSAL: Doing retweets
— Jack Holmes (@jackholmes0) October 22, 2015
So @realDonaldTrump , which tweets are yours and which are interns fault?
— Nanaimo’s Wrestling Genius (@TheNWG) October 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/AllisonNielsen/status/657276450001801216
@realDonaldTrump #LetsMakeInternsResponsibleAgain
— Michael Wiley (@MinneMike) October 22, 2015
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Update:
BOOM: Trump intern says interns don’t have access to his Twitter acct https://t.co/R20wsk0CqG
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) October 23, 2015
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