Trump Campaign Account Mocked for Incredible Self Own Over Trump’s ‘Nasty’ Meghan Markle Remarks
A verified Trump 2020 campaign Twitter account committed a self-own for the ages when it claimed media outlets were pushing “Fake News” by correctly reporting that the president called the Duchess of Sussex “nasty” over comments she made during the 2016 presidential election, resulting in widespread mockery on Saturday.
During an interview with London newspaper The Sun ahead of next week’s visit to Great Britain, the president said he was unaware that Meghan Markle had harshly criticized him prior to the election and said she would possibly move out of the United States if Trump were to beat Hillary Clinton. (This preceded her marriage to Prince Harry.)
“There are a lot of people moving [to the United States]. So what can I say? No, I didn’t know that she was nasty,” Trump said before saying that he thinks “it’s nice” that the United Kingdon has an American princess.
Considering Trump’s use of “nasty” to describe a member of British royalty harkened back to his infamous insult of Clinton during the election, the president’s remarks were widely reported, including by the network the president loves to attack. This prompted the Official Trump War Room account to push back against the reports by tweeting out a video and transcript showing…the president calling Markle “nasty.”
Fake News CNN is at it again, falsely claiming President Trump called Meghan Markle "nasty." Here is what he actually said. Listen for yourself! pic.twitter.com/kLuPXBLMhf
— Official Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 1, 2019
REPORTER: She can't make it because she has maternity leave. Are you sorry not to see her, because she wasn't so nice about you during the campaign. I don't know if you saw that?
TRUMP: I didn't know that, no. I didn't know that. No, I hope she's OK. I did not know that, no. pic.twitter.com/JEjIFPYDy6
— Official Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 1, 2019
REPORTER: She said she’d move to Canada if you got elected. It turned out she moved to Britain.
TRUMP: There are a lot of people moving here [to the U.S.] So what can I say? No, I didn’t know that she was nasty.
— Official Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 1, 2019
FAKE NEWS is truly the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
— Official Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 1, 2019
Twitter wasted no time dragging the official Trump account, which claims it fights “#FakeNews” and “punched back 10 times harder, for its piss-poor attempt at gaslighting.
TFW when the quote you’re denying is in the audio you’re tweeting. https://t.co/iFu4IqaRys
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2019
They insist Trump never called Markle “nasty” and the proof is audio — and their own subtitles — showing he called her “nasty.” pic.twitter.com/X3ISM8XzA5
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 1, 2019
Hard to imagine a more explicit example of gaslighting than this.
Trump's "war room" tweets audio of Trump saying Markle was nasty, with subtitles showing he said she was nasty, while denying that he said she was nasty.
For the love of god. pic.twitter.com/xq1kIhF3Tb
— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) June 1, 2019
You understand that when Trump says,"I didn't know that she was nasty," he is literally calling her "nasty," right? There's no other way to parse that sentence unless you're a goddamn liar…oh, right. Carry on. https://t.co/U4MuLKgPbV
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) June 1, 2019
This is a huge self own if I've ever seen one. pic.twitter.com/cIv7dxi5gf
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 1, 2019
Thank you for sharing this recording. Actually, this recording proves that Donald Trump actually DID call Meghan Markle "nasty." Yet your tweet implies CNN got it all wrong. On the contrary, CNN got it completely right.
I listened to it myself, as asked. And Trump said it. pic.twitter.com/FhzjNUGa4S
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) June 1, 2019
He actually calls her “nasty” in this audio. That is the exact word he uses. Who is running that war room? George Orwell? https://t.co/6X5Dl979oI
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 1, 2019
Trump, meanwhile, apparently won’t be meeting Markle during his trip next week. According to the Sun, the official reason is the ducchess is currently on maternity leave, though it is rumored they are being kept apart to avoid a confrontation.
