Meanwhile on Twitter, President Donald Trump is still tweeting about his border wall while offering little in the way of an actual solution about reopening the United States government. As of this week, the government shutdown has endured for over one month with seemingly no end in sight.
“Great unity in the Republican Party,” Trump rambled early Wednesday morning. “Want to, once and for all, put an end to stoppable crime and drugs! Border Security and Wall. No doubt!”
Great unity in the Republican Party. Want to, once and for all, put an end to stoppable crime and drugs! Border Security and Wall. No doubt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019
“BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” the president followed up about 10 minutes later. “This is the new theme, for two years until the Wall is finished (under construction now), of the Republican Party. Use it and pray!”
BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! This is the new theme, for two years until the Wall is finished (under construction now), of the Republican Party. Use it and pray!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019
And then, just to make absolutely sure everybody got that:
BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019
Crime will fall? Really? Is that honestly the best thing he could come up with? It doesn’t even make grammatical sense — although given the source, is hardly surprising.
Obviously, nursery rhymes and poorly thought out catchphrases are not going to solve the immediate problems at hand (regardless of whether or not you “use it and pray”), such as furloughed federal employees literally waiting in food lines in Washington, D.C. like something straight out of the Great Depression.
But as the saying goes, if you can’t beat ’em, mock them — and that’s precisely what others did in response to Trump’s tweet, offering up some more appropriate rhymes.
IMPEACH THIS DICK & MAKE IT QUICK! https://t.co/CFGPQQKIz3
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) January 23, 2019
(colonel bogey march)
HITLER. HAS ONLY GOT ONE WALL
GOERING HAS TWO. BUT VERY VERY SMALL
HIMMLER'S, RATHER SIMILAR
BUT GOEBBELS GOT NO WALLS AT ALL https://t.co/AT72nXxNDj— zeddy (@Zeddary) January 23, 2019
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 23, 2019
BRIBE PORN STARS & GO BEHIND BARS
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) January 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin/status/1088075481788760064
TIME TO INDICT AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT! https://t.co/LJQUAWruxM
— Steven Senski 🇺🇦 (@StevenSenski) January 23, 2019
"sir, this is a Burger King drive-thru"
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) January 23, 2019
SUCK MY BALLS & SUCK MY BALLS https://t.co/keB8f7YxWM
— Dave Hill (@mrdavehill) January 23, 2019
I like this rhyme better : ‘MEXICO WILL PAY, YOU USED TO SAY’
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) January 23, 2019
PUT TRUMP IN JAIL WITH NO CHANCE OF BAIL!
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) January 23, 2019
GET CHARGED FOR YOUR CRIMES & GO DO YOUR TIME!
— Mari Copeny (@LittleMissFlint) January 23, 2019
IGNORE THE YAM, IT’S JUST A SCAM!
— 🌊 twiztwit (@twiztwit) January 23, 2019
Suck a dick, you fucking prick.
— Pauly Casillas (@PaulyCasillas) January 23, 2019
That’s certainly one way of putting it.