‘At Least Pretend to Care’: The Internet Pounds Trump for floating 'Depraved' Conspiracy Theories About Mail Bombs
President Donald Trump suggested a string of mail bombs sent to his most prominent critics was a "false flag" event intended to hurt Republicans in the midterm elections -- and social media users were horrified.
Trump tweeted Thursday the "fake news" media was to blame for rising anger in politics, and he lashed out early Friday morning at CNN after the network was targeted by one suspicious package.
He then complained that his Twitter follower account was dwindling before floating a conspiracy theory about the mail bombs, shortly after two more were intercepted on their way to Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and former director of national intelligence James Clapper.
Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this “Bomb” stuff happens and the momentum… https://t.co/hBykht1zhk— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1540563579
Other Twitter users bashed the president's focus on his own political fortunes, rather than his opponents targeted in the terror campaign.
In the cesspool of Trump's administration, this is yet another low point. He's amplifying the conspiracy theory nut… https://t.co/ZawR7f4f4Z— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1540563922
Holy shit. The president is suggesting a string of bombs mailed to his critics is a false flag. This is Alex Jones-… https://t.co/ROEhD6XFxv— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1540564162
The Alex Jones presidency https://t.co/kFlK05watu— Brian Tashman (@Brian Tashman) 1540563644
@realDonaldTrump I thought surely this was a parody account.— mel (@mel) 1540564849
scare-quotes, baby! it only took him 48 hours. https://t.co/rgFGkB7dYr— Andrew Kirell (@Andrew Kirell) 1540563684
I, too, dislike it when bombs mailed to other people interfere with my TV habits. https://t.co/w3vy44thsX— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@Matt Pearce 🦅) 1540564216
the false flag theory is coming from inside the white house https://t.co/sd07sskQ7s— Tal Lavin (@Tal Lavin) 1540564070
@realDonaldTrump You are truly a disgusting monster. There is no end to your cruelty. You lack basic humanity.— Malynda Hale (@Malynda Hale) 1540564980
There's literally no bottom. https://t.co/Dlas9do7v4— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) 1540564974
History is going to wreck you. https://t.co/JpmzYoKpnr— Rick Wilson (@Rick Wilson) 1540564829
This is not how a real president communicates. This is not how a responsible person behaves. https://t.co/cBszcsRiWS— Steven Beschloss (@Steven Beschloss) 1540563890
@realDonaldTrump Trump has zero concern for targets of bombings. He only cares about his base. The rest of us are e… https://t.co/02TSEFTkg1— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1540564762
@realDonaldTrump Let's be very clear about what this tweet is: @POTUS just signaled an endorsement of the baseless… https://t.co/lU7Lc9VLpm— rantt (@rantt) 1540565208
@realDonaldTrump "Bomb stuff happens" ... there really is no fucking bottom here.— Wendell M. Young (@Wendell M. Young) 1540564874
