On Tuesday morning, the Drudge Report all caps teased that Donald Trump was set for a “SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT,” sending Twitter into a frenzy. Was the president going to make an announcement regarding Russia or North Korea? Or a comprehensive plan to actually put guns into the hands of teachers across America even though he keeps saying he doesn’t want to do that right before he says he actually does? Or maybe he was finally going to get around to handing out those Fake News Awards of his.
The world didn’t have to wait long, because less than 10 minutes later, the big announcement arrived:
Okay, so he’s just going to do the thing he’s been yammering about since the first time he got elected. Cool, cool, cool.
As CBS News points out, Trump already filed for re-election with the Federal Election Commission just hours after his inauguration last year, in addition to the fact that he’s held several re-election campaign rallies already.
Really, the only newsworthy part of the announcement is that the president is reportedly going to name Brad Parscale, who served as his campaign’s “digital guru” for the 2016 presidential election, as his 2020 campaign manager. Until he decides to fire him, anyway.
As such, many on Twitter had some fun with the lame duck of an announcement — although these days, we should probably be thankful when a Trump announcement turns out to be a big nothing burger.
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/barry/status/968504095421190144
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/968505954621952000
"I shot J.R." https://t.co/aeTKpTBdlY
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) February 27, 2018
me reading the drudge report shock announcement pic.twitter.com/Rny6R7SZuJ
— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 27, 2018
To be honest, the only Trump announcement that would have been shocking is if he gave up KFC for Popeyes.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/968508617442897920
Trump is running for reelection? That's it? Man. You can't even trust a Drudge siren to be interesting anymore.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) February 27, 2018
The “shock announcement” pic.twitter.com/qnQZMscBBT
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) February 27, 2018
IT’S OKAY TO PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF BROAD STREET https://t.co/Uwp3ji3q6x
— Joseph Murray (@PPDJoeMurray) February 27, 2018
That last one was a very #Philly reaction, but would still be more newsworthy than Trump’s 2020 run, to say the least.