Giuliani Lashes Out at Twitter Over Trump Prank

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rudy Giuliani became the latest conservative to lash out at Twitter, accusing it of allowing someone to “invade my text” after he fell victim to a prank unrelated to the social media company.

Giuliani, who is one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers battling the Mueller investigation, accidentally tweeted the random hyperlink “G-20.in” by not putting a space after a period.

Because of how Twitter works, hyperlinks are automatically created when valid domains are written out in tweets. For example, writing out Twitter.com in a tweet would create a link to Twitter’s homepage.

On Friday, Giuliani tweeted: "Mueller filed an indictment just as the President left for G-20.In July he indicted the Russians who will never come here just before he left for Helsinki.Either could have been done earlier or later. Out of control!Supervision please?"

Someone then bought the G-20.in domain in Giuliani’s tweet and put up the message “Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country” so anybody who clicked on the link saw it.

Upon learning about the prank, Giuliani — who is also Trump’s cybersecurity adviser — lashed out at Twitter for his own error.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/giuliani-lashes-out-at-twitter-over-trump-prank/ar-BBQw03M?li=BBnb7Kz

[sheshe2]

1. K&R!

[C_U_L8R]

2. Old man yells at the cloud

[nycbos]

14. Took the words out of my mouth.

[geardaddy]

18. ...

[Hoyt]

3. Thanks for explaining what happened. Saw the message, but not the explanation.

There’s some funny stuff going on, despite all the crud. That’s how I know we’ll survive trump.

[matt819]

4. He should heed the advice given to mobsters when they are arrested

STFU.

The more he talks about this prank - which was pretty funny, and very quick-witted - the more idiotic he sounds. It's very clear what happened. He wasn't hacked. Twitter didn't do it. So, Rudy, STFU.

[ADX]

5. If he's so pissed-off at Twitter...

...then he should get the fuck off of it and stop using it - but everyone knows that's not going to happen.

[Louis1895]

6. So beautiful, the tweet is still up!

You would think he would take the tweet down. By complaining about it, more people will be drawn to it!

Link to tweet

?s=21

[MineralMan]

9. Maybe he doesn't know how to delete a Tweet.

Wouldn't surprise me.

[Louis1895]

13. But Rudy is Individual #1's cyber security chief!

Rudy Giuliani is Trump’s cybersecurity adviser. He might want a refresher.

[erronis]

22. My first thought. Maybe he is dump's cyberthievery adviser. nt

[jovibennett]

24. Just clicked on it again

and they added to it- it's funny that's it's still up and they are adding stuff to the page

[klook]

28. LOL, and now

G-20.in includes "Special counsel calls ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's cooperation 'substantial,' recommends no jail time," with a link to the Reddit thread of that title.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

7. K&R - View the link below.

Link from Gouliani's tweet is below:

Gouliani's link

[Control-Z]

8. But the interwebs is hard.

You think you know all about it because someone showed you how to tweet. Then, out of nowhere, someone comes along and messes with everything you knew. It hurts. It really hurts. There should be rules against that.


Not really. Keep up the brilliant work. So. Much. Fun.

[erronis]

23. These twits should be put in a sandbox. Not one that cats crap in,

but one that doesn't let anything escape before being vetted by grown-ups.

Now, where would we find a grown-up in this administration?

Not rhetorically. Really.

[xor]

10. So he's upset that twitter didn't stop him from a typo and for not stopping some from registering a

domain from some other company? That's awesome.

[USALiberal]

11. It's a series of tubes! Nt

[HipChick]

12. Someone went through his old tweets too...and did the same thing..

[SergeStorms]

15. I'm not a tweeter....

for reasons just like this. Rudy is a dumb shit. Almost as dumb as Trump, he's just a fraction of a synapse smarter. I mean, anyone who would hire Rudy has got to be a little more stupid, right?

[lonely bird]

20. Smarter than Trump?

I dunno. That's like comparing a bag of hammers and a sack of doorknobs.

[SergeStorms]

37. I'd take...

the hammers any day. Welcome to Democratic Underground, lonely bird!

[lonely bird]

39. Thanks!

I appreciate the welcome!

[nycbos]

16. Now my story begins in nineteen dickety-two

we had to say dickety because the Kaiser had stolen our word twenty.

[The Liberal Lion]

17. This is just plain funny

[erlewyne]

19. I have had fun with this. What goes around comes around.

I have learned more about the internet from this encounter. Whoever caught
that ".n" trivia deserves applause. I told my whiz son about it "with difficulty"
because I can't really grasp the language and he started sending messages right
away, it was so simple (and funny) to him and I am so proud to think I beat him
to something. I got these kids into old DOS like thirty years ago and they think
I am so slow.

[Roy Rolling]

21. Nobody tell him

He can delete his tweet if he wants.

[samnsara]

25. you cant fix stupid

[TeamPooka]

26. Giuliani is also mad at person who gave him a back for people to stick a "kick me" sign on. nt

[Honeycombe8]

27. Okay, that's funny. A link to "Donald J Trump is a traitor to our country." Too funny.

Yeah, I bet Ghouliani WAS mad.

[Ciaphas Cain]

29. Mediocre.

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. For those of us who called Rudy and most GOP traitors, killers, murderers, terrorists YEARS & YEARS

ago, well nothing I guess.

To this DAY someone will say it is over the line to call them that.

[Historic NY]

31. Its still working.....

Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country.
BREAKING: Special counsel calls ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's cooperation 'substantial,' recommends no jail time

[riversedge]

32. someone should gift him Twitter for Dummies book. If there is one.

[RockRaven]

33. I was ready to write off the initial error with a shrug, and not consider the "prank" more than

marginally amusing low-hanging fruit.

But Giuliani's deranged response is pretty damn funny, just for its god-awful obliviousness and the genuinely bonkers inner workings of his mind it revealed.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

34. This is the person the president named as his top adviser on cybersecurity matters.

ScottFreeHat Retweeted

This is the person the president named as his top adviser on cybersecurity matters.

Link to tweet

[central scrutinizer]

36. Get off my lawn

You young whippersnappers!

[muntrv]

35. Hey Rudy!

[Le Gaucher]

38. And Don Quixote titls at windmills.