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Donald Trump mocked for misspellings in Alec Baldwin Twitter feud
The early hours at the White House are reserved for two activities — sleeping or tweeting — and this morning, President Trump chose Twitter.
His target: Alec Baldwin, who often impersonates the president on Saturday Night Live. The 59-year-old actor recently told the Hollywood Reporter that playing Trump is “agony.” “Every time I do it now, it’s like agony. Agony. I can’t,” Baldwin said. “My wife and I agreed that we’re gonna give it everything we have [to help defeat Trump in 2020]. And then, if God forbid, he wins again in 2020, I’m wondering, can I host a game show in Spain?”
Those words did not sit well with the president, who responded by lashing out at Baldwin on Twitter.
Alec Baldwin, whose dying mediocre career was saved by his terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony. Alec, it was agony for those who were forced to watch. Bring back Darrell Hammond, funnier and a far greater talent!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 2, 2018
Arguably, the jab was deserved; Baldwin did insult the president in the interview. But Trump lost all his leverage with the tweet, thanks to his many mistakes. First, he misspelled “dying,” writing “dieing.” He then called Alec Baldwin “Alex.” Oddly enough, he drafted the tweet a total of three times, fixing the mistakes, but made the Alex mishap twice.
Twitter relentlessly mocked the president.
This is so disturbing. What is this man doing tweeting about Alex Baldwin at 5:42 a.m.! He is not mentally well! pic.twitter.com/yQXK9YSE33
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) March 2, 2018
Hope Hicks: I quit
HR McMaster: I'm quitting
Jared Kushner: I'm ready to quit
Robert Mueller: I've got Trump nailedDonald Trump: "Alex Baldwin sucks!"
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) March 2, 2018
SNL writers working to fit "Alex Baldwin" and "dieing" into a skit. pic.twitter.com/X3LaN4wRZj
— AC (@ac__lang) March 2, 2018
I really am dieing to see Alex Baldwin’s impersonation Of Trump.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) March 2, 2018
Alex Baldwin drank covfefe and dieid. Good night, everybody!
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) March 2, 2018
Baldwin quickly chimed in, responding to the president with his own series of insults.
Agony though it may be, I’d like to hang in there for the impeachment hearings, the resignation speech, the farewell helicopter ride to Mara-A-Lago. You know. The Good Stuff. That we’ve all been waiting for.
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) March 2, 2018
Looking forward to the Trump Presidential Library.
A putting green.
Recipes for chocolate cake.
A live Twitter feed for visitors to post on.
A little black book w the phone numbers of porn stars.
You’re in and out in five minutes.
Just like…— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) March 2, 2018
And Mr President…
please ask your wife to stop calling me for SNL tickets.
(Hey, Melania…we’ve got Charles Barkley this Saturday!)— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) March 2, 2018
Signing off for now. On my way to shoot MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN and grateful to be working w Edward Norton, Cherry Jones, Willem Dafoe, Bruce Willis, Bobby Canavale, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael K Williams.
If this is mediocrity, give me more.— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) March 2, 2018
That one had to hurt. And yet Trump did not reciprocate. Instead, the president attended a memorial service for evangelical leader Billy Graham. As for who won the Twitter battle — the internet has spoken: Alec Baldwin is crowned king.
Boom pic.twitter.com/QBmlAvDq3F
— Stable Genius who Resists Tyranny (@jellyroll913) March 2, 2018
— patricia McDowell (@patedirt) March 2, 2018
— Lorraine (@Ms_Raine) March 2, 2018
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