Trump Goes On Twitter Tear Over Pelosi Ripping Up His Speech

US President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump is on a Twitter … tear.

He appears to have been deeply affected by the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), ripping up his State of the Union speech after he delivered it.

Trump expressed his frustration in his native tongue — retweets.

The President retweeted high and low Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, seemingly searching for the right words to bare his soul.

From the former United Nations ambassador:

To radio hosts:

To YouTubers:

And Brexiteers:

“History won’t be kind of Nancy Pelosi,” tweeted Twitter user “Soll_DeWitt,” a tiny account whose thoughts, somehow, had caught the Commander-in-Chief’s eye.

“Don’t let #NancyPelosi dilute or take from the @realDonaldTrump ’s brilliant #StateOfTheUnion,” one follower tweeted after the speech — a sentiment Trump retweeted.

The Speaker’s actions proved that “liberalism is an ideology of insane hate and rage,” according to the “Conservative Firing Line” account, which the President soon shared with his 72 million followers:

And so it went.

On.

And on.

And on.

As of this writing, the President had retweeted about two dozen posts, almost exclusively concerning the House speaker ripping up his speech.

He capped the morning by boosting his own office:

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  1. Say what you will about Pelosi, she knows just where to stick the knives.

  2. Coming from a president who is full of sheets, it’s only fitting.

  3. It was either rip up the speech or bang that gavel where it would really count. She chose the relatively … ahem … polite approach.

  4. She gets him EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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