In prime President Trump form, the leader of the free world took to Twitter Thursday morning to mock Vanity Fair for apologizing for publishing a video that poked fun at Hillary Clinton.
Trump said the publication “looks like its on its last leg” and insulted an executive of Vanity Fair, Anna Wintour, who he claimed was “beside herself in grief and begging for forgiveness!”
While Wintour does serve as the artistic director for the publishing company, she is editor-in-chief of Vogue, not Vanity Fair.
Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit they took at Crooked H. Anna Wintour, who was all set to be Amb to Court of St James’s & a big fundraiser for CH, is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2017
Trump’s unsolicited input could reignite a debate that Vanity Fair sought to extinguish with a statement of apology Wednesday evening. The publication said it “missed the mark” when it published a video featuring Vanity Fair editors offering Clinton ideas for a New Years resolution. In the video, which Vanity Fair said was meant to be funny, the editors offered Clinton suggestions on new hobbies that would prohibit her from running for president again, like taking up knitting or volunteering.
Online outcry ensued quickly over the remarks, which were perceived by many as anti-feminist. A-list celebrities like Patricia Arquette even weighed, suggesting the publication stop telling women what they should or can do.
Hey STOP TELLING WOMEN WHAT THE F-CK THEY SHOULD DO OR CAN DO. Get over your mommy issues.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) December 27, 2017
Many journalists, however, defended the publication and the editor who made the knitting comments, saying the backlash was being blown out of proportion.
you’re not a true feminist ally until you lead a targeted harassment campaign against a female journalist for making a joke you don’t like
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) December 27, 2017
Being presidential, err, pestilential as always.
Ya know ya really get to the point where you just don’t give a fuck what he has to say.
The North Koreans nailed it .
“Yapping Dog”
Ironically, that’s exactly how I picture Donald when the verdicts are returned from the Mueller indictments.
Breaking news: He’s golfing again today. Will he hide behind the truck again? That totally fooled everyone yesterday.
I really, really, really despise most millennial women. They’re assholes. Totally entitled jerks who have no clue about the struggles of the women who came before them, the women who paved the way.
I was so glad yesterday to see Vanity Fair dragged through the streets of Twitter yesterday with many people canceling their subscriptions. The comments were sexist as hell. We don’t do this shit to men.