There was once a period of time where the president did not spend his Christmas trying to start a fight with the media, his rivals, other countries, and anybody that he might’ve missed in the process. It’s typically a boring period where the president wishes the nation well and takes a backseat unless he’s needed. Not so for President Trump, who kicked off the Christmas weekend by taking aim at the FBI and then continued on Christmas Eve by moving on to Hillary Clinton and the lying media. This includes a special retweet for CNN, where he’s once again condoning some form of violence towards the network.
It’s a stretch and far less violent than the WWE clip with Trump attacking Vince McMahon with a “CNN” logo for his head, but the message wasn’t lost on Jake Tapper:
CNN-labeled blood on the sole of his shoe.
Retweeted by the President of the United States on Christmas Eve. https://t.co/h4ijZx8WCw
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 24, 2017
None of this should be surprising, but it has been a weekend that tests that idea after the report on Trump’s thoughts about immigration. It’s almost like he wants to fill the role of everybody’s worst relative for Christmas.
Before his retweet, Trump continued venting about the FBI and pulled in Clinton courtesy of whatever he was watching on Fox News on Sunday morning.
.@FoxNews-FBI’s Andrew McCabe, “in addition to his wife getting all of this money from M (Clinton Puppet), he was using, allegedly, his FBI Official Email Account to promote her campaign. You obviously cannot do this. These were the people who were investigating Hillary Clinton.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2017
He then took another swipe at the media, citing the many polls we’ve seen in past weeks and reports that his approval rating at the holiday makes him “the least popular president ever.”
The Fake News refuses to talk about how Big and how Strong our BASE is. They show Fake Polls just like they report Fake News. Despite only negative reporting, we are doing well – nobody is going to beat us. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2017
Hopefully we can expect a more traditional Christmas message from the president in an official Christmas address. Until then this is the tone the president has set for Christmas 2017 and beyond.