Biff is an apt comparison to Trump:
The video (above) above is titled “Bullies” (found via Slate) began with scenes of Scut Farcus from A Christmas Story, Chet from Weird Science, Buzz McCallister from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and Johnny from Karate Kid before getting to Trump. Soundbites from the presidential candidate were featured among similar phrasing from Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Regina George from Mean Girls, and Biff.
“I really do think we need more love and kindness in our country,” Hillary Clinton says in the video. “That’s why it’s important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldn’t let anybody bully his way into the presidency.”
Ted Cruz brought up the link between Trump and Biff earlier this year. “We are looking, potentially, at the Biff Tannen presidency,” he said. “I don’t think the people of America want that. I don’t think we deserve that. I don’t think Hoosiers want that.” Entertainment Weekly
I wrote a diary before watching Rachel Maddow last night. It was meant as a sequel to Monday’s “Last night I thought one Tweet should prove Trump was unfit. This morning there are five more.
I had to scrub it. What she revealed threw into question my prior premise and conclusion that Trump’s Twisted Tweet of the day should be the final proof he lost his marbles.
It turns out that Trump’s Tweet about Putin wanting the Democrats to win in November may have been planned well in advance. Rachel showed the real video of Putin saying he wanted Trump to win the election. Then she showed the official White House version. That sentence was edited out in the video. It was also edited out of the official White House transcript.
Community member 1BQ cover the story here: Updated: White House edits out question about election interference, rewrites Helsinki press conf. You can watch the Rachel Maddow segment there.
The leads to the conclusion that Trump or his advisors or both planned to make the case that Trump was tough on Russia and for this reason Putin favored the Democrats.
It would be interesting to know who in the White House F-the Truth Department got the idea to try to erase the evidence that Putin favored Trump and why they thought this was a good idea. Did they think they’d get away with it?
Did Trump even think of writing that Tweet himself or did someone suggest he write it, or even write it for him? (Take the poll)
Did they know that the star of Captain America would mock him over this?
Chris Evans Taunts Trump Over ‘The Funniest Thing You’ve Ever Tweeted’
He Tweeted about the Russians not wanting Trump to win:
Neither did we.
Also, this might be the funniest thing you’ve ever tweeted, Biff.
This is a great comparison. He likens Trump to Biff Tannen from the Back to the Future trilogy.
Biff Howard Tannen is a fictional character in the Back to the Future trilogy. Thomas F. Wilson plays Biff in all three films as well as the Universal Studios ride, and voiced the character in the animated series. He is the main antagonist of the first two films, and a villainous lesser character in the third film (which dealt with his great-grandfather).
Biff is portrayed as a towering, violent and aggressive bully who obtains what he wants by intimidating others into doing his work for him, or by cheating. He and his family members are shown to misuse idioms in a way that makes them appear stupid and pathetic despite their intention to insult or scare. His favorite insult is "butthead".
I found this video here.
Stephen Colbert had a good Tweet too: Trump says Russia is going to attack the midterms to support Democrats. Also the Joker loves Batman, Sauron hates rings, and Hannibal Lecter is trying the vegan thing for a while.
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