Twitter users mock Eric Trump’s badly botched Obama slam
Eric Trump attempted to slam President Barack Obama with a tweet crowing about President Donald Trump’s weekend visit to the DMZ where he briefly crossed into North Korea and met with dictator Kim Jong Un.
Eric Trump compared an image of his father at the border with Kim to one of Obama, supposedly taken in 2008, at a much more heavily fortified location.
Just one problem: Obama wasn’t president in 2008. And, for that matter, Kim wasn’t North Korea’s leader at that point, either. The country was still ruled by his father, Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011.
The president’s son tweeted:
Obama visited the DMZ in 2012, not 2008.
Twitter users were quick with a fact-check and a date-check, too:
Barack Obama was not president, and did not visit the DMZ, in 2008 https://t.co/EJoGeRVHMN
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 1, 2019
I finally understand why they say Eric is not the smart one. Apparently he doesn't know that George Bush was still President in 2008. pic.twitter.com/Xa8E20MqzE
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 1, 2019
So did Donald Trump get anything from this? Nuclear disarmament? Inspections? Human rights reforms?
You know women in North Korea are forced to have abortions, right? Is that going to change now?
Or did he give a dictator more legitimacy for nothing?https://t.co/p1CRQni2Ys— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) July 1, 2019
Obama was not president in 2008. That photo was taken in 2012.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 1, 2019
You’re actually dumber than they play you on SNL.
— Gale Weathers’ bangs from Scream 3 🎃 (@courtenlow) July 1, 2019
DMX 2008 vs. DMX 2019. really makes you think pic.twitter.com/BXyrsO3IDl
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 1, 2019
Calendars are hard
— Cälvïn Grävës (@CDG_GTR) July 1, 2019
We have our answer pic.twitter.com/tyyyb7ZkXG
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 1, 2019
'my dad is besties with a murderous dictator"
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) July 1, 2019
— hot bleach injection (@LanaLakke) July 1, 2019
Fredo: Obama was not president in 2008, Bush was, and he declined to enter NK because, you know, that whole "being against murderous fascist regimes" thing W had. This is why they say you're not the smart one.
— Howard ✡ (@HowardA_Esq) July 2, 2019
Folks, keep your kids in school.
If you have a son, and he thinks Obama was President in 2008, you MIGHT be Eric trump's Mom or Dad.
Don't let your kids grow up to be like Eric trump.
Sad. 😂😂😂😭😭😭 https://t.co/1dGuWQrUm7— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) July 1, 2019
Until this year you thought DMZ was a gossip website.
— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) July 1, 2019
— Drew at Home (@NiceDrewishFela) July 2, 2019
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
