President Donald Trump departs the White House for Palm Beach, FL (Shutterstock)
As a government shutdown loomed in Congress Thursday evening, CNN's Jim Acosta dropped a bombshell from a senior White House official: that President Donald Trump's aides are considering whether the president can "issue a tweet" to show the government is not shutting down.
While they watched with bated breath as the reconciled spending bill passed the House and moved to the Senate, Twitter had a field day with the claim.
"Well that's cool," Reuters correspondent Amanda Becker tweeted, "but he really has no control over this, especially at this point."
"This is a foolproof plan," the Center for American Progress' Joseph Spiro responded.
Read the best responses below.
