The Watch When Women Play Golf OnlineLeader Of The Free World unleashed a tweetstorm on Friday, mainly focused on the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign's potential ties with the Russian government, with some hallmark media bashing thrown in.
SEE ALSO: Trumpniks have no defense for the James Comey mess, so duh, they're blaming the mediaIn half-dozen tweets, Trump repeated his previous attacks on Democrats and the media, suggested he would halt press briefings, and threatened former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired Tuesday evening. That's a lot to pack into roughly 840 characters or less.
Alright, let's break this tweet storm down.
The early-morning tirade began with two favorite topics — why Democrats lost the election and how the media is lying:
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These seem like generic expressions of Trump anger, which we've come to expect from a presidential tweetstorm (we can't believe we just used that phrase either). After all, both during the campaign and throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has questioned Democratic campaign strategies and has called the media fake news. But this time, while tweeting about those two topics, Trump touches on the investigation of the Trump campaign's potential ties to the Kremlin.
Now things start to get really interesting:
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This addresses the inconsistencies with the official explanation the White House put out to justify firing the FBI director.
The Trump administration originally said the president decided to fire Comey because of the way the FBI director had handled an investigation into the use of a private email server by Trump's presidential campaign rival, Hillary Clinton. This rationale was largely greeted with skepticism, if not outright disbelief.
Instead, many outlets speculated that the firing was a response to the intensifying FBI-led investigation into Trump-Kremlin ties. But the White House kept pushing the original line, until Trump contradicted it during an interview with NBC.
"And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, 'you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won,'" Trump told NBC's Lester Holt on Thursday.
Which brings us to...
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The White House has threatened daily press briefings before, but perhaps Donald Trump's threats to cancel are more serious? New York Timesreporter Maggie Haberman, who frequently covers Trump, thinks so.
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And some folks are already suggesting alternatives to White House press briefings ...
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In addition to the subject matter, this tweet is additionally shocking because the tone sounds like some kind of all-grown-up schoolyard threat. And, given what Comey may know about the investigation into Trump-Kremlin ties, some are speculating that the threat could be a crime.
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And, finally, the last (for now) in a Russia-investigation-related Twitter spree:
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Clapper is the former director of national intelligence who, yes, says he has seen no evidence of collusion between Trump/Trump associates and the Kremlin. Clapper, though, doesn't know what the FBI investigation may or may not have uncovered. Which is why the investigation is continuing.
Don't ever let anyone tell you the president isn't productive in the morning.
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