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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Furious After Twitters Bot Purge Leaves Him with Fourteen Followers
Donald J. Trump was reportedly furious on Wednesday morning after a purge of right-wing bots by Twitter left him with a total of fourteen remaining followers, aides have confirmed.
Rising at 3 A.M. to engage in one of his trademark early-morning tweetstorms, Trump was incensed to discover that his Twitter following had plummeted from more than forty-eight million to a little more than a dozen.
At Twitter headquarters, in San Francisco, a company spokesman confirmed that Trump had indeed lost 48,076,920 followers in the bot purge. It turned out that over forty-six million of the Presidents followers came from a single troll farm in Macedonia, the spokesman said.
As of Wednesday, Trumps fourteen remaining Twitter followers included his daughter Ivanka; his sons Eric and Donald, Jr.; several White House aides; and someone named Heinrich Himmler III.
Were praying that Heinrich is a real person, a White House aide said. The President cant afford to lose another follower.
*** Andy Borowitz is the New York Times best-selling author of The 50 Funniest American Writers, and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes the Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news, for newyorker.com.
Rising at 3 A.M. to engage in one of his trademark early-morning tweetstorms, Trump was incensed to discover that his Twitter following had plummeted from more than forty-eight million to a little more than a dozen.
At Twitter headquarters, in San Francisco, a company spokesman confirmed that Trump had indeed lost 48,076,920 followers in the bot purge. It turned out that over forty-six million of the Presidents followers came from a single troll farm in Macedonia, the spokesman said.
As of Wednesday, Trumps fourteen remaining Twitter followers included his daughter Ivanka; his sons Eric and Donald, Jr.; several White House aides; and someone named Heinrich Himmler III.
Were praying that Heinrich is a real person, a White House aide said. The President cant afford to lose another follower.
*** Andy Borowitz is the New York Times best-selling author of The 50 Funniest American Writers, and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes the Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news, for newyorker.com.
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Trump Furious After Twitters Bot Purge Leaves Him with Fourteen Followers (Original Post)
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Feb 2018
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. Thing is,, this could be true. Who would know?
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)2. HaaaaHaaaaa!! Fourteen.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)9. And those were family. n/t
Now THAT is Sad..
Takket
(21,575 posts)12. One for every IQ point.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)14. Total combined IQ of the 14 family followers left?
Let's see..
45 ÷ 14 = 3.2
They each have an IQ of 3.2.
GP6971
(31,165 posts)3. Love Borowitz and the Onion
they both help keep the sanity.
Stallion
(6,474 posts)4. So 3 out of his 4 Spawn Ain't Bad. Tiffany Noticeably Missing
PunksMom
(440 posts)6. BAHAHAHAHA!
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)7. Frankly, I'm curious how many Trumplodytes vaporized in the purge...
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)11. I would LOVE to know the answer to that.
That really made me laugh. I sure wish it was true though...
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)13. That Number Seems High..14?...
...
Goblor
(163 posts)15. Predictable and stupid satire.
efhmc
(14,726 posts)16. Repeating from earlier today.
People who watch these things on twitter report fake 45 lost at least a million followers.
djacq
(1,634 posts)17. The Orange Clown has only 14
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,026 posts)18. I know this is satire
But I'm sure if such really happened the dotard's head would explode.