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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:06 PM Mar 2021

'The Tweeting Gets You in Trouble': Trump Says He Prefers His 'Elegant' Press Releases to Twitter


By Josh FeldmanMar 22nd, 2021, 10:21 pm

Donald Trump claimed on Monday night that he actually likes his press releases better than tweeting and that Twitter actually did him a favor.

Trump, of course, was very active on Twitter for years, especially during his presidency, until he was permanently suspended mere days following the riots at the Capitol after he pushed multiple baseless claims about the 2020 election. Trump gave an interview to Newsmax on Monday and Greg Kelly asked him about what one of his spokespeople hinted at about his return to social media.

The former president brought up his press releases — one recent statement continued pushing his baseless 2020 election claims — and said, “Frankly they’re more elegant than tweeting, as the expression goes. They’re really much more elegant. And the word is getting out.”

He boasted about the amount of attention he gets for those press releases, before adding, “The tweeting gets you in trouble.”

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'The Tweeting Gets You in Trouble': Trump Says He Prefers His 'Elegant' Press Releases to Twitter (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2021 OP
Yep, bully's care about "trouble" when consequences are imposed on them. If no one imposes ... uponit7771 Mar 2021 #1
Except the media is not obligated to publish nor even discuss his press releases, (nor should they) hlthe2b Mar 2021 #2
Never heard of him. LakeArenal Mar 2021 #3
YEAH!!!! Scrivener7 Mar 2021 #5
Note to Jerk: It ain't the tweeting, IT'S *YOU*! UTUSN Mar 2021 #4
Not having Twitter is literally killing him Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #6
OK, so no more bitching about cancel culture and big tech censoring Walleye Mar 2021 #7
Riiiiiight. NCDem47 Mar 2021 #8
So what's with the big lie about starting its own channel? soothsayer Mar 2021 #9
With Donny it's all about forced elegance, when there are no other options Blue Owl Mar 2021 #10
Nothing MFM008 Mar 2021 #11
elegant? what's his definition of elegant? IcyPeas Mar 2021 #12
His "elegant" press releases are like 5th grade writing assignments badly done. Vinca Mar 2021 #13
Anything you say, Needy Amin gratuitous Mar 2021 #14
people need to ignore the fucker demtenjeep Mar 2021 #15

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
1. Yep, bully's care about "trouble" when consequences are imposed on them. If no one imposes ...
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:07 PM
Mar 2021

... consequences they don't give a damn.

Throw the book at Putin's Whore, let him sort shit out

hlthe2b

(102,304 posts)
2. Except the media is not obligated to publish nor even discuss his press releases, (nor should they)
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:09 PM
Mar 2021

So, he's really not going to like the attention he ultimately will get for them once his schtick becomes not at all newsworthy.

Johnny2X2X

(19,074 posts)
6. Not having Twitter is literally killing him
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:13 PM
Mar 2021

He cannot stand being deprived of the attention that his endless Tweeting got him.

And he knows his political career is over without Twitter or something like it.

NCDem47

(2,250 posts)
8. Riiiiiight.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:33 PM
Mar 2021

Now that he’s been thrown off of Twitter, acts like he’s better off without it. He’d go back in a New York minute if he could.

Blue Owl

(50,445 posts)
10. With Donny it's all about forced elegance, when there are no other options
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:04 PM
Mar 2021

Elegance is not something that comes naturally to Fat Donny. He'd put ketchup on his press releases if he could.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
14. Anything you say, Needy Amin
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 03:50 PM
Mar 2021

Does that mean you're going to quit griping about being banned from Twitter?

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