DONALD TRUMP’S TWITTER AS A WEAPON OF WAR





DONALD TRUMP’S TWITTER AS A WEAPON OF WAR

New York       Dr. Cesar Chelala

Donald Trump has shown he has no rivals using Twitter, a technique that he has mastered and that serves him to attack enemies, deflect attention and settle personal scores. Trump takes Twitter seriously. He gets up early in the morning and starts tweeting. To his credit, some of his tweets are sometimes retweeted millions of times, making of this an extremely powerful weapon of war for him, one that reveals the sophistication of his complex mind. 

In one of the events following the inauguration ceremony, Trump as the crowd, “Do you want me to continue tweeting?” and before they could respond he said, “See, they all want me to continue tweeting….”  And he continued tweeting.

His response to the estimated more than 500,000 people gathered to protest in Washington, D.C. he tweeted, “Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn’t these people vote? Celebrities hurt cause badly.” (Dozens of Hollywood celebrities were present at the protests).

Later Sunday morning, however, Trump sent a more conciliatory tweet, “Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Even if I don’t always agree, I recognize the rights of people to express their views.” 

“In 140 characters, he [Donald Trump] can change the direction of a Fortuna 100 company, he can notify world leaders and he can also notify government agencies that business as usual is over,” said Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager.

Not everybody takes lightly Trump’s tweets. Chinese state-run media criticized Trump’s “Twitter foreign policy” that it considers “child’s play,” and foreign governments follow his tweets with increasing attention and concern. Unfazed, Trump claims that many people congratulate him on being “the Ernest Hemingway of Twitter” a statement that probably wouldn’t amuse Hemingway if he were alive.

What follows are some personal interpretations of Trump’s Twitter talent.

Meryl Streep

Bad actress. Getting fat. Get a life!

Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Bad actor. Bad accent. Bad English. Loser.

Hillary Clinton

Try it again, Sam.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto

Be the first to be behind the wall, amigou!

Kellyanne Conway 

Nice (and cutest!) girl in town. Great job! Lav u!

Vladimir Putin

I looked at him in his eyes. I trust you, tovarich Putin!

Bruce Springstein

Sorry, kid, but the Boss is now I, I, I !!!

Alec Baldwin

You are not funny. You are pathetic! A clown! Go get a job! Sad.

New York Times Publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.

In my organization you would be working the mail room. Get real!

Mitt Romney

Let’s have dinner again next week. Much to talk about.

Cesar Chelala

Who the hell knows who you are? You look like a bum. Loser!

Dr. César Chelala, now a legal immigrant, is a New York writer and the foreign correspondent for The Middle East Times International (Australia).


 














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