We all marvel at the idiocy of Trump’s tweets. Naturally, you’d imagine that the denizens of Free Republic fawn over them like they were written by Shakespeare. Not the case, actually. Let’s look at the response to this recent tweet:
Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?
Many of us saw this as another baffling example of Trump forgetting that he’s president. Of course, some Freepers followed along, wondering why the evil gubmint was ignoring “Crooked” Hillary and going after Trump. There were many reflexive comments rehashing debunked conspiracy theories like the “uranium deal” and an inexplicable number of comments attacking John Podesta. Here is a particularly delusional comment wherein Alberta’s Child tries to calm fellow Freepers by pointing out that Trump is a strategic political genius who has everything under control.
Ten bucks says Mueller isn't even going to be a major story by the weekend -- because Democrats are going to start pushing to shut his investigation down. Trump is sending scout planes out before the heavy bombers come.
FAIL.
While there were plenty of the kinds of responses you’d expect, there were more than a few surprisingly critical.
Among the noise was this surprisingly rational observation:
(DoodleDawg) Because she lost. Had Clinton won then the Congress would be holding hearings and hiring special prosecutors to look into her connection with the Russians and nobody would care less what dealings, if any, that the Trump campaign had.
Many Freepers also wondered if Trump had forgotten that he was president:
(Behind the Blue Wall) Um, yeah, good question Mr. President. Rumor has it that a number of the people who would know the answer to that question report to you!
(Political Junkie Too) Maybe Trump should run for President so he can give the orders on what to look at?
(TomGuy) You are the Chief Executive. It is your DOJ. Your secretary can connect you with the AG on a moment’s notice. Pick up the phone…
(Nachoman) I don’t know President Trump. It’s your justice department.
(pt17) OK, help me out here. Why is he tweeting about this. He needs to stop tweeting like an outsider looking in and start acting like an insider who is in charge. Did he give away the DOJ to the DNC?
Some even seemed to have a little “buyer’s regret” over his failure to “lock her up”:
(Arm_Bears) You are the President of the United States. If you want an investigation of the dealings of the Clinton family to happen, you can make it happen. In fact, that’s one of the reasons you were elected.
(pnut22) That was my thought. Mr. Trump, excuse me for saying so, but we put you in a position to do just that. Lock her up should be more than a campaign slogan.
(Sarah Barracuda) Mr. President..you are the President, please..have the DOJ investigate Clinton already what are you waiting for..LOCK HER UP remember??? Its the one thing I dont understand, he said from the beginning he would investigate her, than drops it..Hillary Clinton and her cronies are CRIMINALS, investigate them already
(heights) Wait a second Donald, it was you that gave shade to that bitch with your “Their (sic) good people that have suffered enough”, which the left rightly saw as weakness. Either do something or STFU.
Poor babies. It’s almost like they were completely scammed by a serial liar.
I really have to give Drew68 credit for a response that could have easily been posted here:
I dunno, Mr. Trump? You tell me?
You might want to ask Attorney General Sessions. I'm not sure where he is. I think he's been hiding under a table ever since Kamala Harris lit him up pretty good the other day.
Ouch.