Kim Jong-un tweets for Trump

[mia]

Warning: Could these be fake tweets? They look so real.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Frustratedlady]

1. Huh? I thought he had serious heart problems.

Wasn't that the speculation to his absence of late?

[jberryhill]

5. It's not real

Kim Jong Un does not have a Twitter account and does not Tweet with a stereotyped Asian accent.

[treestar]

8. What of the Twitler Tweet?

That could be real.

[jberryhill]

13. No, it's not real

Someone downthread wants people to believe that, though.

The first Trump tweet is real.

The one telling people to follow the parody account is an image posted by the parody account so that it would get promoted by others and gain followers.

[Mike 03]

2. It goes without saying that if NK is trying to cover up the fact that

Kim Jong Un is ailing, any subordinate (or perhaps his sister) could have been asked to tweet this.

But he could also be fine and hiding to avoid the virus.

I don't actually believe the heart story. I think it's more likely he caught the virus, but because he's been saying "There are no COVID cases in North Korea" it would simply be too embarrassing to admit that, so it's a cover story of a cover story.

[gratuitous]

3. Donald Trump: The favorite candidate of a murderous dictator!

Yeah, that sounds like a real winning campaign slogan. Not for Trump, though.

[mia]

12. Asking his MAGATS to follow a murderous dictator wouldn't be a a winning strategy.

This tweet will backfire.

[jberryhill]

4. You know, people on DU are going to think this is real

I used to think the parody stuff was funny, but I am coming around to the point of view that it does simply promote the acceptance of things on social media as being genuine.

[mia]

7. Didn't think of that.

I'll update the OP.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. This can't possibly be real, even if Kim isn't dead.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Trump thinks it's real.

He's so desperate, he'll take an endorsement from ANYBODY, even an evil, murderous third-world dictator on life-support.

[jberryhill]

11. Link to the Trump tweet telling people to follow the parody account

That's an image posted by the Kim parody account, not a Trump tweet.

[Sanity Claws]

10. Trump's tweets are real and par for the Orange Moron

Kim Jong-un's tweets are not real. The Orange Moron is too stupid to understand that.

[jberryhill]

14. No, that is simply not true

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Trump's first tweet is real.

The "Trump tweet" asking people to follow the Kim parody account is an image posted by the Kim parody account for the purpose of having it spread on other media - just like is done here - believed by gullible people - just like is done here - and gain followers for the Kim parody account.

It is cute, but eroding people's ability to distinguish between what is fake and what is real serves a larger overall purpose.

[Sanity Claws]

16. Yes I was mistaken

but I wouldn't say it was a lie.
A lie is a knowing misrepresentation. What I focused on was the parody account and saw that it was not verified.

[demmiblue]

15. Of course they are fake (except for the initial tweet). n/t