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highplainsdem

(49,121 posts)
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:31 AM Nov 2020

Trump declares Twitter national security threat after #DiaperDon trends following meltdown at

Source: The Independent

Trump declares Twitter national security threat after #DiaperDon trends following meltdown at miniature table


Donald Trump has angrily declared Twitter a national security threat after #DiaperDon went viral following a news conference in which he repeatedly complained about perceived injustices.

“Twitter is sending out totally false ‘Trends’ that have absolutely nothing to do with what is really trending in the world. They make it up, and only negative ‘stuff’,” the US president tweeted without providing evidence in the early hours of Friday morning.

Mr Trump did not say which trending topic upset him, but following Thursday’s press briefing, which saw him furiously assail a reporter from behind a surprisingly small desk, the hashtag #DiaperDon surged towards the top of Twitter’s trending list in the US and UK.

-snip-


MeidasTouch, an anti-Trump political action committee, took credit for the initial use of the hashtag on Friday morning.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-twitter-diaperdon-election-press-conference-b1762682.html



No, this is NOT Borowitz, or The Onion.

This is a regular news article by a reporter for The Independent.

And if Trump was having a meltdown last night, it's probably worse this morning with #DiaperDon still the #1 trend on Twitter.


MeidasTouch tweet that started it:



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Trump declares Twitter national security threat after #DiaperDon trends following meltdown at (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2020 OP
. empedocles Nov 2020 #1
Heeheehee soothsayer Nov 2020 #2
HE'S the national security threat! calimary Nov 2020 #3
That's for sure! Rebl2 Nov 2020 #39
Yeah.. he's Projecting Again. Cha Nov 2020 #67
Ha-ha! Mike Nelson Nov 2020 #4
Diaper Don is having a "I don't get no respect" Rodney Dangerfield moment Submariner Nov 2020 #5
He loves Twitter when it goes his way PatSeg Nov 2020 #56
Such thin skin Rorey Nov 2020 #6
Have to admit, trump does have a certain 'consistency' about him empedocles Nov 2020 #7
Why must everybody laugh at my mighty sword? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #8
"More of a letter-opener, really." Glorfindel Nov 2020 #13
Maybe we're BOTH crazy I dunno thucythucy Nov 2020 #75
Is THAT in the Oval Office??? calimary Nov 2020 #9
That's what I'm saying Deuxcents Nov 2020 #24
he is known to grab pieces of art he likes and has them brought to the wh...... getagrip_already Nov 2020 #40
No. n/t whopis01 Nov 2020 #68
Getting very much closer to the truth, are we? bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #10
Oh please tell me that this is the Onion...??!! eom essaynnc Nov 2020 #11
Wait a minute PJMcK Nov 2020 #12
ummm because he's got over 73 million voteR$ he can gRift donation$ from. n/t Lock him up. Nov 2020 #69
Republicans don't understand how algorithms work NewJeffCT Nov 2020 #14
Look at his big butt! procon Nov 2020 #15
Yep. See this tweet: highplainsdem Nov 2020 #16
size: Y U G E !! liberalla Nov 2020 #36
Thanks for the laugh HPD! leftieNanner Nov 2020 #37
That's gotta smell like a sewer system down there! No wonder Melania is awol...phew! What a Illumination Nov 2020 #31
They have finally gotten to the point DENVERPOPS Nov 2020 #66
Or.. birdographer Nov 2020 #70
Oh dear gawd UpInArms Nov 2020 #17
He'll be even more of a national security threat They_Live Nov 2020 #26
No matter that 2,000 Americans will die today or tens of thousands will become infected.... George II Nov 2020 #18
He's delusional and needs serious medical help.WHERE'S HIS FRICKING PROOF! Firestorm49 Nov 2020 #19
Don't forget Dave in VA Nov 2020 #20
At some point, he'll proclaim "you don't have Trump to kick around any more..." NurseJackie Nov 2020 #21
I actually remember Tricky Dick's proclamation. My Dad and LuckyLib Nov 2020 #61
I just hope he doesn't start a war to prove he's a big boy captain queeg Nov 2020 #22
#DiaperDon BlueWavePsych Nov 2020 #23
he has been whining...NOT winning Roc2020 Nov 2020 #25
Moscow Mitch did not like his name either keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #64
THIS is what happens when you're an "adult" & still make pee pee in the bed!... Illumination Nov 2020 #27
Not the Oval Office. Odd that it's not there nor is the desk nearly big enough for any President. machoneman Nov 2020 #28
That SNL Reagan sketch... electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #80
Instead of ignoring it, Moron guaranteed The Playtime Table pic will never go away. sarge43 Nov 2020 #29
Dear Dumpy OLDMDDEM Nov 2020 #30
This guy, with millions of bot and fake account followers Mr. Ected Nov 2020 #32
As I said earlier... BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #33
I bet he did crap his nappy after Biden handed him his ass during those debates earlier this year. cstanleytech Nov 2020 #34
I hope #DiaperDon keeps trending Kitchari Nov 2020 #35
He needs a Twitter break n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #38
Donnie Cartman Bayard Nov 2020 #41
No, Twitter is a DiaperDon security threat William Seger Nov 2020 #42
Just retweeted that to Diaper Don. GoneOffShore Nov 2020 #43
This one killed me tymorial Nov 2020 #44
if that desk is not a metaphor...n/t RussBLib Nov 2020 #55
Playschool meme FTW !! Pluvious Nov 2020 #45
Read the maximum weight warning on the box! SergeStorms Nov 2020 #49
Lmao Pluvious Nov 2020 #50
Even better: "continuous adult supervision required; never use near ... steps, or sloped driveways" muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #51
Action figure newdayneeded Nov 2020 #53
The replies on twitter (MeidasTouch's original post) mdelaguna Nov 2020 #46
80 million strong! bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #47
Somewhat ironic that the man who tweets relentlessly, peggysue2 Nov 2020 #48
President Shit-a-Pants. Iggo Nov 2020 #52
Yesterday a Twitter national security threat, today a high ranking Iranian nuclear physicist is jalan48 Nov 2020 #54
Exactly. orangecrush Nov 2020 #76
Diaper Don joins the Tea Party karin_sj Nov 2020 #57
Wait... this isn't a parody article? Oh my God. ck4829 Nov 2020 #58
Well, exactly WHAT is Don's problem with #DiaperDon -- that HE doesn't wear diapers rocktivity Nov 2020 #59
The only threat I see in that picture is the environmental threat posed ... 11 Bravo Nov 2020 #60
oh how fun yuiyoshida Nov 2020 #62
MeidasTouch.com had the best anti-Trump videos on the internet during the campaign. generalbetrayus Nov 2020 #63
You had two years with both Houses under republican control to 'fix' this. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #65
Talk about laughing out loud, just the title did that for me. mia Nov 2020 #71
Let's all go there orangecrush Nov 2020 #72
Amazing. Tiny hands folded on tiny desk, accentuating his huge ass. truthisfreedom Nov 2020 #73
Geez, I haven't tweeted in ages... TrogL Nov 2020 #74
Like all of "social media", UserNotFound Nov 2020 #77
So, why not in the Oval office at the Resolute Desk? Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #78
Diaper Don is a good name for him. LisaL Nov 2020 #79

Mike Nelson

(9,984 posts)
4. Ha-ha!
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:36 AM
Nov 2020

... Twitter is kind to him. I see FB actually removes posts... does Twitter? I see they put a Warning on his posts, but that is becoming so common it has no real effect, anymore. They need to do something stronger.

Submariner

(12,515 posts)
5. Diaper Don is having a "I don't get no respect" Rodney Dangerfield moment
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:36 AM
Nov 2020

and probably wants to kill the twitter CEO.

PatSeg

(47,750 posts)
56. He loves Twitter when it goes his way
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 02:13 PM
Nov 2020

and when he can get away with putting down other people, but when it goes against him, it is a national security threat. He certainly lives by a different set of rules than everyone else.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
7. Have to admit, trump does have a certain 'consistency' about him
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:37 AM
Nov 2020

May come from his living with his head up his own ass - and recycling 'consistency'?

calimary

(81,594 posts)
9. Is THAT in the Oval Office???
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:43 AM
Nov 2020

WHERE’S the Resolute Desk? He didn’t make off with it already, did he???

I swear to Dear God in Heaven, I hope they’re watching him like hawks while he’s still lurking in the White House. He better not try to walk out with anything that was there before HE got there. That’s the property of THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NOT him!!!!!

getagrip_already

(14,961 posts)
40. he is known to grab pieces of art he likes and has them brought to the wh......
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 12:24 PM
Nov 2020

He grabbed some from the paris embassy. He's had several pieces taken from national archives.

They will surely disappear. Under cloud of pardon.

PJMcK

(22,069 posts)
12. Wait a minute
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:49 AM
Nov 2020

In the past, Trump has touted Twitter as the perfect platform for him to speak directly to the people without the filter of "fake news."

I don't really expect consistency from Trump but if Twitter is so bad, why does he use it every single fucking day?

procon

(15,805 posts)
15. Look at his big butt!
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:55 AM
Nov 2020

There's so much diaper padding in his pants that the vent in his coat is gaping open. What else could it be? Yeah, his lard ass is big, but that squishy bulge in his butt is extra thick pee padding.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
31. That's gotta smell like a sewer system down there! No wonder Melania is awol...phew! What a
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 12:01 PM
Nov 2020

stench that must be!..... ..... ..... .....

DENVERPOPS

(8,893 posts)
66. They have finally gotten to the point
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:15 PM
Nov 2020

where they put him on furniture and in a room that are easily cleaned up when his diaper has a "blow out".........

I would hate to be the cleaning people in the white house, or the white house plumber when he can't flush his toilet and his Depends won't flush down the toilet every single day.......YUUUUUUK......He always complains about toilets needing to be flushed ten times, and the showers not having enough water to wash him off afterwards????????

UpInArms

(51,291 posts)
17. Oh dear gawd
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:57 AM
Nov 2020

This thinskinned tiny handed narcissist is the threat to our national security

He has used twitter as a megaphone of hate and division ...

One who lives by the sword, dies by the sword

They_Live

(3,246 posts)
26. He'll be even more of a national security threat
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:40 AM
Nov 2020

after he leaves office. We must put him and his family in jail indefintely to be safe.

George II

(67,782 posts)
18. No matter that 2,000 Americans will die today or tens of thousands will become infected....
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:01 AM
Nov 2020

His fragile ego is most important in his demented mind.

Dave in VA

(2,041 posts)
20. Don't forget
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:11 AM
Nov 2020

Always put "MOMMY!" in front of everything that the orange hemorrhoid says!

"MOMMY! The twitter is being unfair!"



NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
21. At some point, he'll proclaim "you don't have Trump to kick around any more..."
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:11 AM
Nov 2020

At some point, he'll proclaim "you don't have Trump to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."

LuckyLib

(6,822 posts)
61. I actually remember Tricky Dick's proclamation. My Dad and
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 03:43 PM
Nov 2020

I laughed out loud, and my siblings and I used it to make our parents laugh when we were leaving after vacation visits. Some stuff just becomes part of the culture.
And we thought Nixon was the most nuts and corrupt a president could be. Chump change compared to the Dumpster!

captain queeg

(10,288 posts)
22. I just hope he doesn't start a war to prove he's a big boy
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:18 AM
Nov 2020

I don’t think he formally declared Twitter a national security threat, that would mean he’d have no outlet for his craziness.

Roc2020

(1,619 posts)
25. he has been whining...NOT winning
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:30 AM
Nov 2020

since day one. He loved to give nic names and 'diaper don' has stuck to him and he doe not like it. Reaping.

machoneman

(4,016 posts)
28. Not the Oval Office. Odd that it's not there nor is the desk nearly big enough for any President.
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:54 AM
Nov 2020

Reminds me of that old SNL skit where Reagan is a doddering old & senile fool in the Oval Office. Yet once a staffer or reporter leaves, he rips off the phony act and starts planning a major war!

Gee, I wonder if the Resolute Desk was covered with maps, war plans on flip charts, surrounded by various generals, talking about a strike on Iran? Maybe that's why he was outside the OO and at that tiny desk?

electric_blue68

(15,025 posts)
80. That SNL Reagan sketch...
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:34 AM
Nov 2020

was hysterical !
I think his schedule he has a photoshoot with the girl scouts; he's his avuncular self and after they're ushered out his other people come back, he turns sharp, a world map rolled down on the wall, and as you said go back to planning a war.

So unexpected!

sarge43

(28,946 posts)
29. Instead of ignoring it, Moron guaranteed The Playtime Table pic will never go away.
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:55 AM
Nov 2020

He's forever linked to himself, a perfect summation of his childish, bad seed 'character'.

Good.



OLDMDDEM

(1,579 posts)
30. Dear Dumpy
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:57 AM
Nov 2020

It's so nice to see you at a desk that fits your ego. Makes it look bigger, doesn't it? Declaring a national security issue is an important step for any president. What you are doing, and have done in the past, is do things that are for you, and you alone. If you don't like what someone is saying, too bad, they are no longer liked on your Twitter account. But, when you spew your filth on Twitter, all is okay. Yet, Twitter does the right thing and says what you are saying is factually misleading. Do you realize you are the WiNNINGEST lying president we have ever had and the #1 liar on Twitter? Over 25,000 and counting. Maybe you should try for 30,000. That shouldn't be difficult for you. Right now, the best thing you can do is lay low. 80,000,000 people and counting voted against you. No, this was not fraudulent ballots. Your mouth was fraudulent from day one of your term. So, lay low and STFU for the sanity of 330 million people, of which most voted against you. You and your family will look good in orange jump suits. That will match your hair.

Mr. Ected

(9,675 posts)
32. This guy, with millions of bot and fake account followers
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 12:03 PM
Nov 2020

Dares to assert that Twitter is making shit up?

Dude, you are only beloved by the oligarchs and the minions they've brainwashed.

What you see is what the rest of the REAL world thinks of you.

Spoiler alert: they hate your fucking guts.

William Seger

(10,793 posts)
42. No, Twitter is a DiaperDon security threat
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 12:55 PM
Nov 2020

This is the sort of ego injury that triggers petty vindictiveness in a malignant narcissist.

Pluvious

(4,342 posts)
45. Playschool meme FTW !!
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:10 PM
Nov 2020

The other trending HT is the ole standby #TrumpIsALaughingstock

Shirley we've earned these delicious moments of schudenfrude


SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
49. Read the maximum weight warning on the box!
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:29 PM
Nov 2020

19kg. (42 lbs.) His soiled Huggy weighs that much! Ol' Lard Ass is really stress testing that Playskool equipment.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,412 posts)
51. Even better: "continuous adult supervision required; never use near ... steps, or sloped driveways"
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:38 PM
Nov 2020

That's Donnie Smallgloves to a tee.

newdayneeded

(1,959 posts)
53. Action figure
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:48 PM
Nov 2020

Push the button on his back and the arm extends and points to any other person in the room!

Squeeze his shoulder and he says several patriotic statements!

"That's so unfair"

"I should get 1 or 2 more terms yet"

"Fraud!!"

"I know more than all the generals"

Get your little donny TODAY!

bucolic_frolic

(43,479 posts)
47. 80 million strong!
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:14 PM
Nov 2020

Beat 2016 by what - 14 million?

Rethug cheating and suppression insufficient! Losers!

Republicans did better than Trump. The American political middle held its ground!


peggysue2

(10,850 posts)
48. Somewhat ironic that the man who tweets relentlessly,
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:19 PM
Nov 2020

tweets political issues, fires staff and lies, lies, lies, now is screaming that Twitter is a national security threat.

He's just miffed by being called out for childish behavior, sitting at his Big Boy's desk pretending to be president. The diaper scorn has been going on for years. He doesn't want to be mocked? Or disrespected? Then he should act like a grown man, put down his own childish mocking and disrespect of everything and everyone.

Live by Twitter, die by twitter.

jalan48

(13,910 posts)
54. Yesterday a Twitter national security threat, today a high ranking Iranian nuclear physicist is
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:49 PM
Nov 2020

assassinated creating a real national security threat.

rocktivity

(44,586 posts)
59. Well, exactly WHAT is Don's problem with #DiaperDon -- that HE doesn't wear diapers
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 03:21 PM
Nov 2020

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or that he DOES?

And so what if he does? It shouldn't matter if ANYBODY does, and NOBODY should be ridiculed for it. I mean, it's no worse than stuttering...


rocktivity

11 Bravo

(23,928 posts)
60. The only threat I see in that picture is the environmental threat posed ...
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 03:42 PM
Nov 2020

by the hazardous waste sloshing around in his full-to-overflowing adult diaper.

generalbetrayus

(508 posts)
63. MeidasTouch.com had the best anti-Trump videos on the internet during the campaign.
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 03:55 PM
Nov 2020

Now they are running anti-Perdue and anti-Loeffler videos on the internet. Give them a look if you haven't already.

&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2X1NZdH1va3lrb5JBu6iT_CHUYnsyhkfkVANhdO08ldYYBlIgnxO1syT8

Even Fox News hats Loeffler.

&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR278mLIgv8WdERl8fDgntivQSaczGp07hWyZFaX72L4KnsJ1Wi7CzIalKA

keithbvadu2

(37,041 posts)
65. You had two years with both Houses under republican control to 'fix' this.
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:02 PM
Nov 2020

"Mr Trump and many Republican allies have repeatedly attacked Section 230 and have used its possible repeal as a threat against large internet companies they perceive as biased against conservatives.."

You had two years with both Houses under republican control to 'fix' this.

Why are you whining now?

truthisfreedom

(23,169 posts)
73. Amazing. Tiny hands folded on tiny desk, accentuating his huge ass.
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 06:55 PM
Nov 2020

It really does look like he’s wearing a diaper.

UserNotFound

(108 posts)
77. Like all of "social media",
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 09:27 PM
Nov 2020

Twitter is an abomination. It's an affront to decent people everywhere. A "social media" version of the IED....

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,776 posts)
78. So, why not in the Oval office at the Resolute Desk?
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 09:55 PM
Nov 2020

Is he having it bugged & booby-trapped for when Biden moves in?

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