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27. He had shaken his hand beforehand

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 05:47 PM

Nov 2019

https://sports.yahoo.com/stephen-strasburg-trump-nationals-world-series-white-house-visit-064909031.html

Washington Nationals pitcher and World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg isn’t what you would call an active Twitter user.

Before Monday, the notoriously quiet Strasburg hadn’t tweeted since April 19, 2018, when he thanked a movie theater for an early screening of “Super Troopers2,” a movie the Nationals apparently enjoyed. Since then, even amid the team’s thrilling World Series run, it has been online silence for Strasburg.

But then someone accused him of snubbing President Donald Trump on a handshake attempt.

An awkward interaction with Trump following his comments during the Nationals’ White House visit resulted in many people joking that Strasburg, an impending free agent, had left the president hanging.

One such video circulating on Twitter caught the attention of the pitcher himself, who fired off his first tweet in 18 months to refute the emerging narrative. His choice of words: one of the president’s most popular catchphrases. "Fake News".

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Nationals player disses Twitler to his face! [View all] Roland99 Nov 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Wawannabe Nov 2019 #1

Strasburg tweeted #fakenews to the news report killaphill Nov 2019 #21

the World Series Most Valuable Player !!!! elleng Nov 2019 #2

Won't cost him......... MyOwnPeace Nov 2019 #3

Outstanding. Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #4

Oooo... gristy Nov 2019 #5

Watch later mountain grammy Nov 2019 #6

ha! Kurt V. Nov 2019 #7

Eight players did NOT come to the White House. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2019 #8

Rendon is so talented! Glad he did not attend. Nt spooky3 Nov 2019 #15

Juan Soto mikewv Nov 2019 #16

Nice! I like that he nodded. Chemisse Nov 2019 #9

Beautiful malaise Nov 2019 #10

LOL. Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #11

suzuk an embarassing staini suckup, cut him empedocles Nov 2019 #12

He did it the right way. Show up and ignore that asshole to his face. nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #13

Well played!!! SallyHemmings Nov 2019 #14

I listened to it five times Mr.Bill Nov 2019 #17

...to celebrate finally finishing that fight. Thank you. Chichiri Nov 2019 #18

Thanks. Mr.Bill Nov 2019 #19

Diss is GONE!!! or protected at link....on-line if you search strasberg Wash Nat asiliveandbreathe Nov 2019 #20

Apparently there wasn't a diss after all killaphill Nov 2019 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author asiliveandbreathe Nov 2019 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author asiliveandbreathe Nov 2019 #25

I saw it..as did many others..so Strasberg is another maggat.. asiliveandbreathe Nov 2019 #25

He had shaken his hand beforehand killaphill Nov 2019 #27