It’s the middle of the workday in Washington, DC so you’d probably expect our “president” to be working hard for our nation, right?
WRONG.
Donald Trump is on Twitter, retweeting ridiculous claims, this one from far-right conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Kirk tweeted, “There are riots in socialist France because of radical leftist fuel taxes. Media barely mentioning this. America is booming, Europe is burning. They want to cover up the middle class rebellion against cultural Marxism. “We want Trump” being chanted through the streets of Paris.”
Just to be clear, none of this is true, and it’s incredibly irresponsible for Trump to have retweeted it.
Kirk’s information about crowd chants seems to come from an article Rush Limbaugh wrote on iHeart Radio [1] Monday, which claims that friends told him that protestor are asking for Trump.
The protestors denounced the tax on natural gas and electricity while also calling for a higher minimum wage. The protesters also expressed complaints that French President Emmanuel Macron was out of touch with his citizens.
Twitter had some thoughts:
Lies being re-tweeted by the President: Europe is obviously not burning, and “we want Trump” is not being chanted through the streets of Paris. Also, the fuel taxes are not radical leftist and France is not socialist. Any other lies? pic.twitter.com/fOZSvAPMYW [2]
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) December 4, 2018 [3]
NARRATOR: People were not chanting "we want Trump" in the streets of Paris pic.twitter.com/dlek0GfqpE [4]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 4, 2018 [5]
This is what demented @RealDonaldTrump [6] just retweeted. A very Third Reichian tweet designed to delude the #MAGAts [7] even further with egregious lies. Donald Trump is a danger to the country and must be removed. #AnnulTrumpPresidency [8] #ImpeachTrumpTODAY [9] https://t.co/uQjZSd2M1g [10]
— Lesley Abravanel (@lesleyabravanel) December 4, 2018 [11]
They are not chanting "we want Trump" and this is not a revolt against a Marxist platform (which it is not). This is a bold faced lie. And @realDonaldTrump [6] is retweeting only because his name is mentioned.#ImpeachTrump [12] #25thAmendmentNow [13] https://t.co/ss2GAznjFB [14]
— Lasris 2020 (@Lasris2020) December 4, 2018 [15]
Finally we know why the French are rioting in Paris. Because they want Trump! Why oh why is the media not mentioning this?
POTUS just retweeted this important info: https://t.co/CJl6VVDUEu [16]— Sebastian Smith (@SebastianAFP) December 4, 2018 [17]
Unbelievably crass comments. Media IS fully reporting on this. Europe IS not burning. No chanting for Trump ANYWHERE in Europe. Pathetic of Charlie Kirk for suggesting such things and even more pathetic of Trump for retweeting
— Chris Kraushaar (@chrisk195868) December 4, 2018 [18]
So absolutely disgusting that Trump just retweeted Charlie Kirk. The fakest intellectual of them all.
Literally a fascist. There are conservatives protesting in France too. Just shows how the fascist are weaponizing language https://t.co/wWXOOhW1Vd [19]
— American Psychosis (@VinceBotJr) December 4, 2018 [20]