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Pete Souza is my new, favorite King of Snark (Original Post) Siwsan Jun 2019 OP
Pete is a gem!! Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #1
Eh... zaj Jun 2019 #2
How fortunate that you can interpret and translate his tweets. Siwsan Jun 2019 #3
Shame Traildogbob Jun 2019 #5
I still think you are flattering him. Siwsan Jun 2019 #6
That's some fine alliteration! MontanaMama Jun 2019 #13
Thank you! Siwsan Jun 2019 #22
I agree. Allow me to add my favorite alliterative run - 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #23
Sweet!!! MontanaMama Jun 2019 #32
Well, there's enough real things to confront. zaj Jun 2019 #7
Some of us like to 'blow off steam', some don't. To each their own! Siwsan Jun 2019 #10
Happy birthday! zaj Jun 2019 #14
Thanks! Siwsan Jun 2019 #15
Just don't "Be Best." 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #24
I'll be bestier. Maybe eve bestiest. Siwsan Jun 2019 #26
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Jun 2019 #21
With gerrymandering, it is possible the Moon, and Mars are in the same district irisblue Jun 2019 #4
You WIN!!!! Siwsan Jun 2019 #8
+1 zaj Jun 2019 #9
He's a poor writer jayschool2013 Jun 2019 #16
He won't do anything that requires sacrifice on his part, even if it would... zaj Jun 2019 #18
Saying the moon is a part of the Mars mission is equivalent to saying that New Jersey is world wide wally Jun 2019 #20
The Moon is a stepping stone for travel to Mars. rickford66 Jun 2019 #11
Ineptly, which leaves it open to exactly how people have responded. Siwsan Jun 2019 #12
His problem is that he's a malignant narcissist... zaj Jun 2019 #17
We've heard more than a few women making the same accusation. calimary Jun 2019 #29
Yea, that was snickering in the dark recesses of my mind, when I typed those words Siwsan Jun 2019 #31
It reminds me of something Jacqueline Susann said about fellow author Philip Roth. calimary Jun 2019 #34
He really is the best! snacker Jun 2019 #19
Pete Souza is a Boss... SKKY Jun 2019 #25
He has a treasure chest of images to utilize. Siwsan Jun 2019 #27
I just discovered his Instagram, and it's like when I discovered "Black Mirror"... SKKY Jun 2019 #30
I love following him on Twitter. Eom LittleGirl Jun 2019 #28
Souza is always spot on. brer cat Jun 2019 #33
 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
2. Eh...
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 08:55 AM
Jun 2019

It's funny, but reading his tweet, Trump was making a reasonable, not wildly ignorant, point. Which he fails to do often

Trump's point was that a moon mission is just a step along the path of a grander Mars mission strategy, and we should talk about Mars, because it's more inspiring.

So this is pretty petty, IMO.

Traildogbob

(8,720 posts)
5. Shame
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:18 AM
Jun 2019

How dare anyone apply PETTY to trump. Show some respect to the PRES..........., no, can't say it, appointed Baffoon.

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
6. I still think you are flattering him.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:25 AM
Jun 2019


I think of him as a malicious, mendacious, misanthropic miscreant.

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)
23. I agree. Allow me to add my favorite alliterative run -
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:29 AM
Jun 2019

Crude crass, common, and coarse. I could throw in creepy and cruel.

I forgot criminal.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
7. Well, there's enough real things to confront.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:25 AM
Jun 2019

Spending time on typos or confusing tweets like this, seems like a wasted opportunity to focus people on the coordinated GOP effort to bring an end to Democracy because too many millenials, women, gays and brown people have a voice.

Maybe it's just me.

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
10. Some of us like to 'blow off steam', some don't. To each their own!
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:28 AM
Jun 2019

We handle situations in our own way.

And, besides, today is my birthday so I'm giving myself license to freely EXPRESS MYSELF!!!!!!!!!! I can behave, tomorrow. We'll see.

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
26. I'll be bestier. Maybe eve bestiest.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:39 AM
Jun 2019

I think the problem with Melania's 'be best' project is, it's too non specific. Thus, her spouse has chosen to be his best at being King of the Lying, Sniveling, Cowardly, Criminally Minded Jerks.

jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
16. He's a poor writer
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:41 AM
Jun 2019

He doesn't know how organize phrases and clauses so that his meaning is clear.

I wonder if he'd take a journalistic writing class. Hmmmm.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
18. He won't do anything that requires sacrifice on his part, even if it would...
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:44 AM
Jun 2019

... save 1 million lives. I don't think he's worried a bit about this or any similar topic.

world wide wally

(21,740 posts)
20. Saying the moon is a part of the Mars mission is equivalent to saying that New Jersey is
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:11 AM
Jun 2019

a crucial part of driving from New York to California.
It makes no sense to refer to the moon as some kind of rest stop.
The moon is about 240,000 miles from Earth and Mars is closer to 40 million miles away. Why waste time and money launching from the moon as if it makes the trip shorter?

rickford66

(5,523 posts)
11. The Moon is a stepping stone for travel to Mars.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:29 AM
Jun 2019

I believe that's what He Who Wont Be Named was trying to express.

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
12. Ineptly, which leaves it open to exactly how people have responded.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:31 AM
Jun 2019

His problem is that his fingers work far faster and better than his brain. Of course, he could be stricken with severe arthritis, and that would still hold true.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
17. His problem is that he's a malignant narcissist...
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 09:41 AM
Jun 2019

... surrounded only by the weakest or most exploiting people, who only apparent skill is bending weak people by abusing them into enabling his most horrifying impulses.

And he has nuclear weapons pointed at the world and the future of global democracy.

Happy birthday!

calimary

(81,220 posts)
29. We've heard more than a few women making the same accusation.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:46 AM
Jun 2019

When I first read your post, Siwsan, I unconsciously mumbled “eeeuuuuuww!”

But then again, every time I see a photo of him where his hands are visible, my automatic reaction is “eeeuuuuuww!” The very reminder of what he thinks those hands of his are entitled to do - ICK!!!

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
31. Yea, that was snickering in the dark recesses of my mind, when I typed those words
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:49 AM
Jun 2019

I match your and raise you a

calimary

(81,220 posts)
34. It reminds me of something Jacqueline Susann said about fellow author Philip Roth.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 11:33 AM
Jun 2019

They were contemporaries in the best-seller fiction world back in the 60s and 70s. He wrote “Portnoy’s Complaint” (whose protagonist reveled in his discovery of - shall we say “self-pleasurement”). It was a huge hit and became a movie.

Susann was also a successful author of the sex-and-drugs hit novel “Valley of the Dolls” that also spawned a hit movie. She was asked about her friendly competitor and said she would be happy to meet him, but added “I just wouldn’t want to shake hands with him”!

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
27. He has a treasure chest of images to utilize.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:41 AM
Jun 2019

And he's not a bit shy about using them, to GREAT effect.

SKKY

(11,804 posts)
30. I just discovered his Instagram, and it's like when I discovered "Black Mirror"...
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:49 AM
Jun 2019

...I've spent the past 30 minutes on his Instagram. Is "binge scrolling" a thing? I think I may have just created it.

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