Today, President Obama pulled an expected move by endorsing Hillary Clinton, but few thought he would do so immediately after meeting with Bernie Sanders at the White House. Sanders spoke afterward about how he’ll continue on his crusade because he wants to spread his message throughout the Democratic convention. He also wants to stop Donald Trump, but that cause would probably best be served by unifying his party instead of continuing to divide it. Regardless, Clinton has her nomination all sewn up with the blessing of Obama, so her camp entered into celebration mode.
Naturally, there was one soul who immediately expressed his displeasure at this turn of events. Donald Trump immediately blasted Obama’s endorsement of “Crooked Hillary” as a means of continuing his own legacy.
Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obamaβbut nobody else does!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
Clinton did not dignify Trump’s insults with a lengthy response because 140 characters only go so far (which could be why he loves Twitter so much). She simply replied, “Delete your account.”
Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016
Well, Twitter completely melted down after this happened. Clinton may not even be tweeting this stuff herself, but does it matter at this point? Trump replied, but first, the internet promptly threw a GIF party, and it was fabulous.
.@HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/438ibty5jO
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) June 9, 2016
.@HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump π pic.twitter.com/JB9up83CIm
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) June 9, 2016
How I envision Hillary sending that tweet. #deleteyouraccount pic.twitter.com/rb0zoeoRvc
— π°πππππ πΏππππππ (@amandapalumbo) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/740983610975637505
.@HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/cjpjT5AKUH
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/rachelranamok/status/740985528393179136
.@HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/QeEYGA2CZX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/NorthernMNer/status/740975271596068864
When HRC hit Trump with #deleteyouraccount pic.twitter.com/JWmclpOLtx
— I love the 54th (@JTJ24) June 9, 2016
.@HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/UdQzbhCwlE
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/WentworthRehab/status/740987117602496514
https://twitter.com/mpharkins/status/740987225303879680
https://twitter.com/DavidRosove/status/740987153904111618
@ggreeneva pic.twitter.com/1yUiHYCxHW
— Kyle Weidleman (@kweidleman) June 9, 2016
@kweidleman @ggreeneva pic.twitter.com/Q5jSsNGUip
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) June 9, 2016
TFW you wake up with an idea for a fire tweet. π₯π₯π₯ https://t.co/9gWFCXzbLa #DeleteYourAccount https://t.co/vrV7o3mi9G
— MΓ‘s Mejor (@masmejorstudio) June 9, 2016
When Hillary Clinton tells you to delete your account… pic.twitter.com/5pBsvR3gs2
— Bryce Wood (@woodymlb4) June 9, 2016
Naturally, Trump (who generally tweets his own stuff) had to reply to Clinton’s tweet. His comeback was very similar to Reince Priebus’ take on the matter.
How long did it take your staff of 823 people to think that up–and where are your 33,000 emails that you deleted? https://t.co/gECLNtQizQ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
Man, general election season is gonna be one hell of a good time.