I really doubt this guy would make it in the top 10!
Donald Trump's Boast About Being 'Your Favorite President' Goes Awry
Lee Moran,HuffPost Sat
Twitter users pounced on President
Donald Trump early Saturday after he boasted about being “your favorite President.”
Trump attempted to dismiss a Friday report in the
New York Times that his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen had before the 2016 election
secretly taped him discussing a payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal (with whom Trump is alleged to have had an affair) with the following tweet:
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) - almost unheard of. Even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client - totally unheard of & perhaps illegal. The good news is that your favorite President did nothing wrong!
Trump misleadingly claimed it was “inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office,” when Cohen’s office was in fact
raided by the FBI earlier this year as part of a probe into possible campaign finance violations.
Trump also claimed it was “even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client” and suggested it was “totally unheard of” and “perhaps illegal.” “The good news is that your favorite President did nothing wrong!” he added.
It was Trump’s assertion that he was “your favorite president” that raised eyebrows online, however. Dozens of tweeters responded in much the same way, with many making a similar point about former President
Barack Obama:
Harry @DocEgonSpengler
We know Obama did nothing wrong.
Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich
Kevin Patrick @vinkell
Thanks for supporting my favorite President.
Patty Harbison @PattyHarbison
Yes, I already knew that President Obama did nothing wrong.
Eric M Friedman @EricF911
Glad to hear @BarackObama is in the clear!
Boston the Detroit sports fan.
@GirlNamedBoston
You are right about one thing. President @BarackObama did nothing wrong.
Jamie S. @Twinmom0
Guess what, you’re not my favorite president. Guess what else? #MuellerIsComing
The Bus To Crookes @thebustocrookes
My favorite President did nothing wrong!
(but my favorite President certainly isn’t you)
Obama topped a survey of “best presidents” released by the Pew Research Center in July. He also ranked top of a “most admired men” list compiled by YouGov in April.
Trump faced a similar online backlash in January, after he bragged about being a “very stable genius” and “like, really smart.”
- This article originally appeared on HuffPost.