President Donald Trump fired off an angry tweet early Thursday at an hour unusual even for him.
At 1:10 a.m. ET, hours before his highly anticipated taped interview was set to air on Fox News, Trump wrote:
NO COLLUSION - RIGGED WITCH HUNT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2018
Trump has frequently tweeted “no collusion” and used the social network to complain about a “witch hunt.” It’s not immediately clear why he felt the need to do so again in the middle of the night.
However, tweeters had some theories and reactions:
Dear Mr. Trump, I see you're awake at 1am and searching the internet for some way out of this. I empathize. I've been doing the same thing since November of 2016. https://t.co/wkQldp62Tn
— Tod Goldberg (@todgoldberg) August 23, 2018
go to sleep oh my god
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) August 23, 2018
My theory: he woke up yelling this, and Dan Scavino, who sleeps at the foot of Trump’s bed, bolted awake immediately to tap this gem out. https://t.co/ZxifnaxlBF
— Refugee, asylum-seeker, immigrant, & citizen (@scribandotcom) August 23, 2018
More news going to drop?
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) August 23, 2018
— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) August 23, 2018
I'm awake because years of shift work, and additional piss poor self care.
— Travelling Tom (@endofbellcurve) August 23, 2018
I'm not "running" a country though and maybe #Trump should be more cognisant of this. But he won't, and he'll continue to act irrationally and impulsively. He's dangerous, stay safe folks. pic.twitter.com/yW1eZ6hCQs
Tweeting in the middle of the night is not convincing people of your point of view.
— Bill Burton (@billburton) August 23, 2018
But we got two witches just YESTERDAY!!!!!!! Don't ruin it for us already!
— Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) August 23, 2018
Hey, here is a picture of Mueller. 😃 pic.twitter.com/YlhLMowtYe
Nothing to see here, just the President of the United tweeting meaningless slogans in all caps at 1:10 AM local time. The wheels are coming off... https://t.co/AX757bapIB
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 23, 2018
Trump startles awake with sweat on his brow
— ExistToResist (@Kookman123) August 23, 2018
Mueller's coming for him, and he's coming right now
It's one in the morning on FOX in 5 hours
Hair will take four, and then one for the shower
Better get up to practice this stunt
Remember these words "NO COLLUSION -- RIGGED WITCH HUNT"
I'm awake because I work the NOC shift. Trump should be sleeping instead of tweeting. He's nervous, and he should be.
— Sassy Pants (@cristal_deaton) August 23, 2018
Does it feel like the walls are closing in?
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) August 23, 2018
Bro, you seem stressed.
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) August 23, 2018
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