Some real-time reactions on Twitter as Trump delivered his Oval Office fear-fest:
You can literally see KKK member Fred Trump in the camera shot. Fitting.— molly (@isteintraum) January 9, 2019
You can literally see KKK member Fred Trump in the camera shot. Fitting.
First sentence is a damned lie.— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) January 9, 2019
First sentence is a damned lie.
Without a rally, Trump sounds like a zombie.— JohnAmato (@JohnAmato) January 9, 2019
Without a rally, Trump sounds like a zombie.
I'm pretty sure he thinks coyotes snatch children from parents and eat them.— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) January 9, 2019
I'm pretty sure he thinks coyotes snatch children from parents and eat them.
Trump has never personally presented detailed data about how many children are being fraudulently used for border-crossing purposes, merely implying it's common. The evidence suggests it's a small minority of the families who cross.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 9, 2019
Trump has never personally presented detailed data about how many children are being fraudulently used for border-crossing purposes, merely implying it's common. The evidence suggests it's a small minority of the families who cross.
Trump resorting to his Central Park 5 game plan.— Charles McNulty (@CharlesMcNulty) January 9, 2019
Trump resorting to his Central Park 5 game plan.
The NYT was told Trump was writing the speech himself, but this is speech has Stephen Miller's racist fingerprints all over it— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) January 9, 2019
The NYT was told Trump was writing the speech himself, but this is speech has Stephen Miller's racist fingerprints all over it
Former director of ICE John Sandweg: âÂÂThere are far better uses for funds than building a wall from a security perspective (more CBP funds for drug seizures, mobile tech., immigration court funding). âÂÂA wall is not going to solve any of the current threats we face."— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) January 9, 2019
Former director of ICE John Sandweg: âÂÂThere are far better uses for funds than building a wall from a security perspective (more CBP funds for drug seizures, mobile tech., immigration court funding). âÂÂA wall is not going to solve any of the current threats we face."
âÂÂThe wealthy people have wallsâ argument is the weirdest of TrumpâÂÂs wall arguments.— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 9, 2019
âÂÂThe wealthy people have wallsâ argument is the weirdest of TrumpâÂÂs wall arguments.
As President Trump speaks from the Oval Office, photos of his mother (who immigrated from Scotland) and father (whose family immigrated from Germany) are in the background.— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 9, 2019
As President Trump speaks from the Oval Office, photos of his mother (who immigrated from Scotland) and father (whose family immigrated from Germany) are in the background.
TrumpâÂÂs Oval Office address was almost entirely recycled rhetoric from his rallies and immigration speeches.— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 9, 2019
TrumpâÂÂs Oval Office address was almost entirely recycled rhetoric from his rallies and immigration speeches.
Not one dime for his racist wall!