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The Tweet That Destroyed America

We all know by now that Trump fired off another ill-advised tweet yesterday. It was a personal attack, a misogynistic attack, an apparently retaliatory attack on a TV host. One of a duo, who ironically had a huge impact on the election...in his favor.

So why would Trump's attack be so damaging to America? I mean, we all tweet mean things, right?

1. He used his ridiculous power to be vindictive on the lowest level imaginable.
2. It was in petty retaliation, which is nowadays being called a "snowflake" by his supporters.
3. It changed the entire outlook of his tweeting as being administrative transparency.
4. It proved what many thought all along and that is, he possesses a fragile ego.
5. He's mean. We want powerful men and women leading us, but being mean is cowardly.
6. He has so many more important things to tell the American people, but chose this.
7. His use of Twitter as a distraction to his administration's faults is becoming self evident.
8. He lost political support moving forward (most likely).
9. Other country's leaders, some women, saw this and realize he's easily manipulated.
10. And this, came from a tweet.


Mrs. Betty Bowers‏ @BettyBowers
Donald J. Trump is proof that any president in America can grow up to be a child.

Yesterday, I tried to think of a single president, in our history, who would have been able to get away with this, let alone who would have actually done this, and I came up with none.

So, why are we "destroyed?"

Yesterday, hours after the tweet. Real journalists, who deliver real news, were posting pictures of Mika, proving he had lied. As if it were the truth, it would somehow be acceptable? By evening, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was being mocked, humiliated and body shamed, by the same people outraged at his attack on a woman.

So, why are we "destroyed?"

Because, despite the tweet being terrible. Despite the reactions being just. Despite the avalanche of news coverage and social media banter. Despite it all. It will happen again and we'll all be outraged for another few hours and move on. We, as a country, have normalized hate speech. Whether it be against one person, one group or half he population. And we've done it in less than six months.

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  1. He has become America's most well-known Fidget Spinner.

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