In case you hadn’t heard, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly referred to Donald Trump as a “moron” over the summer.
CNN just now: “We have confirmed that the Secretary of State did refer to the president as a moron this summer."
— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) October 4, 2017
CNN: "We have confirmed that Tillerson did refer to the president as a moron."
— erica orden (@eorden) October 4, 2017
But apparently, it gets better (or worse):
Just now, @SRuhle: "My source didn't just say he called him a moron. He said he called him an f-ing moron."
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) October 4, 2017
Tillerson tried to shut down the whole to-do at a presser:
7. Reporter asks Tillerson on the "moron" comment – Tillerson says he's not going to talk about "petty" reporting
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 4, 2017
As did Trump himself:
The @NBCNews story has just been totally refuted by Sec. Tillerson and @VP Pence. It is #FakeNews. They should issue an apology to AMERICA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2017
But that didn’t work.
Me when I saw the story that the Secretary of State called the President of the United States a "f***ing moron." pic.twitter.com/ifwklTTQzB
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 4, 2017
It’s hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Especially when something like this resurfaces on top of it all:
An interesting cartoon that is circulating. pic.twitter.com/OPG2R2ytkr
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2014
Wow.
I can't believe this is real https://t.co/UA29SD6VG8
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) October 4, 2017
Oh, it’s real, all right.
Had to re-check about five times to confirm this 2014 tweet was real. How is there one for EVERYTHING. https://t.co/QRtv0QhiI3
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) October 4, 2017
That’s … kind of amazing.
Well, huh. https://t.co/ppfr3flgmo
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 4, 2017
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) October 4, 2017
Lololololol https://t.co/Wk9O5jw287
— Isaac (@Thorrison) October 4, 2017
OK…This is funny. https://t.co/CjKHOYwLow
— Pradheep Shanker MD (@Neoavatara) October 4, 2017
It is. Admit it. It’s also pretty freaky.
HOW DOES THIS EXIST https://t.co/pXA4zEMR1o
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 4, 2017
HOW — HOW??? How does this keeping happening? https://t.co/fGf9LUo7nZ
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 4, 2017
We’re stumped.
At this point the programmers of the simulation we're living in are just going back and inserting stuff to fit the current story line. https://t.co/dpUsixu3se
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) October 4, 2017
Or is it more than that? Does Donald Trump have special powers or something? Is he psychic, or is it even more than that?
I’m convinced. There’s a time traveling Trump from an alternate universe currently residing in ours & he’s trying to warn us via Twitter.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 4, 2017
i give up how can we fight back against someone who has mastered time travel https://t.co/kTz2YsXQHF
— John DeVore (@JohnDeVore) October 4, 2017
We can’t. It’s impossible.
So we're all convinced older Trump went back in time and gave younger Trump a sports almanac now right?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 4, 2017
Duuuuude.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.