President Donald Trump gleefully tweeted on Thursday about the demotion of New York Times deputy Washington editor Jonathan Weisman.
“Wow! The Deputy Editor of the Failing New York Times was just demoted,” Trump tweeted. “Should have been Fired! Totally biased and inaccurate reporting.”
Wow! The Deputy Editor of the Failing New York Times was just demoted. Should have been Fired! Totally biased and inaccurate reporting. The paper is a Fraud, Zero Credibility. Fake News takes another hit, but this time a big one!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
Media Matters reporter Matt Gertz noted that Trump’s tweet came right after a Fox News segment about Weisman’s demotion.
President Trump just tweeted about this segment: https://t.co/3dOGPcV7fg https://t.co/lCYLE0IyDf
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 15, 2019
The Times demoted Weisman on Tuesday after the editor repeatedly posted bad tweets about black politicians.
It’s beyond time to impeach this guy.
If staff firings and demotions serve as an indicator of a venture’s success (or lack thereof) Trump should be careful throwing rocks.
https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1161638284570832897
I wish people would reserve these comments for discussions of actual impeachable conduct by the President, of which we have ample examples.
Yes, but if he were, he wouldn’t be Trump!