A statement from Donald Trump that he regrets not banning Twitter -- as well as Facebook -- back when he was still president was received with rolled-eyes and mockery on the social network where he himself is banned.
Tuesday the former president issued a statement praising Nigeria -- a country Trump previously referred to as a "sh*thole" -- for banning the platform.
"Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President. More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech—all voices should be heard. In the meantime, competitors will emerge and take hold. Who are they to dictate good and evil if they themselves are evil? Perhaps I should have done it while I was President. But Zuckerberg kept calling me and coming to the White House for dinner telling me how great I was. 2024?" the statement read.
Commenters were quick to point out that hatred of Twitter made strange bedfellows between Trump and Nigeria, and that the ex-president's vendetta after having had his account shuttered has become a sad spectacle.
You can see some comments below:
A statement from Trump, who is banned from Twitter, on why he should have banned Twitter as president, after seeing Nigeria ban Twitter for banning its president. \n\n^ Now say it 10x fast.pic.twitter.com/UK3YUgAt1R— Gabby Orr (@Gabby Orr) 1623189582
Turns out it is easy to overestimate Trump and extremely difficult to have sufficiently low expectations for his understanding of US law.— Debatably Blonde\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\ude37 (@Debatably Blonde\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\ude37) 1623188211
Amazing. I know Trump is beyond shame, but \u201cI should have done X but this guy kept telling me how great I was so I didn\u2019t\u201d is just pathetic.— Tyler Lloyd (@Tyler Lloyd) 1623191625
Love how he is also so clueless that he doesn't realize the last part of this statement shows what a pushover he is. Just make the big boy feel special and he won't bother you.— Adrienne (@Adrienne) 1623188466
"Shoulda made hamburgers mandatory on day one."— Black Sheep Boy (@Black Sheep Boy) 1623188437
\u201cThat Nigerian prince really knows his stuff\u201d- Trump probably— Hirdygirdyman (@Hirdygirdyman) 1623195502
This was almost a surprise for me until I remembered that the ousted president could do anything to stay relevant, same man who ostentatiously called Nigeria a shit hole.\n\nThe enemy of my enemy is my friend kind of thing..— Apoti Eri\ud83d\udcab (@Apoti Eri\ud83d\udcab) 1623221204
Do you suppose this guy has one minute of any day when he\u2019s not thinking about himself?— citygirl \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@citygirl \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1623187629
Trumps only wishes he could ban Twitter for banning him. He also wishes he was President. But he can\u2019t and he isn\u2019t (while I smile as I tip a drink)— ChunkWhiteTuna (@ChunkWhiteTuna) 1623187929
Trump doesn't need to remind us that he'd like America to become a banana republic.— dragool (@dragool) 1623186914
in other words; if i can't spew my b.s. no one should be able to.\n\nwelcome to #FormerGuy vision.— Spinman Finn (Cooksville's Most Interesting DJ) (@Spinman Finn (Cooksville's Most Interesting DJ)) 1623210771
Wait, I thought Nigeria was one of his shit hole countries. This is so confusing.— aring (@aring) 1623230789
Maybe Trump can run for President of Nigeria.— Michael H DiGenova (@Michael H DiGenova) 1623208658
