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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:23 AM Dec 2017

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I don't think Trump WROTE that Tweet.

It just doesn't sound like him.

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I don't think Trump WROTE that Tweet. (Original Post) Ken Burch Dec 2017 OP

I don't either hlthe2b Dec 2017 #1

Hard to argue with that... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #2

I thought the same thing gopiscrap Dec 2017 #3

Nope, not him dalton99a Dec 2017 #4

It borders on graciousness... First Speaker Dec 2017 #5

John Kelly. bullwinkle428 Dec 2017 #6

I was thinking Ivanka Ken Burch Dec 2017 #16

Well, it was in standard English Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #7

+1, Benedict Donald writes like child uponit7771 Dec 2017 #8

My wife and I said the exact same thing when we saw it. onenote Dec 2017 #9

That's the first thing I thought too. crazylikafox Dec 2017 #10

Agree Frances Dec 2017 #11

nope G_j Dec 2017 #12

No way in hell. He cannot be that elegant and constrained. NightWatcher Dec 2017 #13

Seen a lot of people saying that. TDale313 Dec 2017 #14

EXACTLY my reaction! Brainstormy Dec 2017 #15

He didn't write it. Drumpt was too busy getting chewed out by Putin. kairos12 Dec 2017 #17

I agree. It was coherent, spelled correctly, and didn't blame someone else. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #18

Probably told someone to write it but he put in his thoughts. Kinda sounds like him. riversedge Dec 2017 #19

Trump usually uses the same words over and over - and these are not his words womanofthehills Dec 2017 #25

"Another shot at this seat in a very short period of time"? Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #31

Definitely not Don. They must have had him locked in a closet. Vinca Dec 2017 #36

Nope. It looks like a compromise tweet. He had to get in a jab somehow ecstatic Dec 2017 #20

It was written in complete sentences. peacebuzzard Dec 2017 #21

Agree! Mrs. Overall Dec 2017 #22

Its his Proud liberal 80 Dec 2017 #23

No way he did Docreed2003 Dec 2017 #24

I agree Pisces Dec 2017 #26

Oh hell no he didn't. kimbutgar Dec 2017 #27

He's probably in a Big Mac induced coma. CentralMass Dec 2017 #28

Have they got him on an i.v. Nambian Covfefe drip? Ken Burch Dec 2017 #32

No someone took his phone Luciferous Dec 2017 #29

No. It was civil and gracious. Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #30

Yeah it was him titaniumsalute Dec 2017 #33

maybe it was his lawyer. OhioBlue Dec 2017 #34

Kelly probably wrote it. raven mad Dec 2017 #35

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)

1. I don't either

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:23 AM

Dec 2017

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

2. Hard to argue with that...

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

Dec 2017

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)

3. I thought the same thing

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

Dec 2017

dalton99a

(81,513 posts)

4. Nope, not him

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

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First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

5. It borders on graciousness...

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

Dec 2017

...so of course he didn't write it...

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)

6. John Kelly.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

Dec 2017

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

16. I was thinking Ivanka

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:26 AM

Dec 2017

She might be the only one who could get the phone out of his microhands.

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)

7. Well, it was in standard English

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

Dec 2017

with basically no grammatical or punctuation mistakes. So, yeah, doesn't sound like him.

HIS tweets will come about 4am.

uponit7771

(90,346 posts)

8. +1, Benedict Donald writes like child

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

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onenote

(42,704 posts)

9. My wife and I said the exact same thing when we saw it.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:24 AM

Dec 2017

crazylikafox

(2,758 posts)

10. That's the first thing I thought too.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:25 AM

Dec 2017

No way he wrote that tweet. It contained full sentences & was too polite.

Frances

(8,545 posts)

11. Agree

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:25 AM

Dec 2017

That was my first thought too

G_j

(40,367 posts)

12. nope

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:25 AM

Dec 2017

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

13. No way in hell. He cannot be that elegant and constrained.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:25 AM

Dec 2017

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

14. Seen a lot of people saying that.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:26 AM

Dec 2017

No, it does not sound like him.

Brainstormy

(2,380 posts)

15. EXACTLY my reaction!

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:26 AM

Dec 2017

what I told my husband as soon as I heard it! WAY too civil.

kairos12

(12,862 posts)

17. He didn't write it. Drumpt was too busy getting chewed out by Putin.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:26 AM

Dec 2017

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)

18. I agree. It was coherent, spelled correctly, and didn't blame someone else.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:26 AM

Dec 2017

Some aide wrote that. We'll see the real Trump early tomorrow morning.

riversedge

(70,239 posts)

19. Probably told someone to write it but he put in his thoughts. Kinda sounds like him.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:27 AM

Dec 2017

Donald J. Trump?Verified account @realDonaldTrump
17m17 minutes ago

Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of Alabama are great, and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!

womanofthehills

(8,712 posts)

25. Trump usually uses the same words over and over - and these are not his words

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:32 AM

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Laffy Kat

(16,382 posts)

31. "Another shot at this seat in a very short period of time"?

Reply to riversedge (Reply #19)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:40 AM

Dec 2017

What is he talking about?

Vinca

(50,273 posts)

36. Definitely not Don. They must have had him locked in a closet.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 06:13 PM

Dec 2017

ecstatic

(32,705 posts)

20. Nope. It looks like a compromise tweet. He had to get in a jab somehow

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:28 AM

Dec 2017

Link to tweet

peacebuzzard

(5,174 posts)

21. It was written in complete sentences.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:28 AM

Dec 2017

Not his!

Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)

22. Agree!

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:29 AM

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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)

23. Its his

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:31 AM

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The fact that he had to throw in the write in comment.

Docreed2003

(16,861 posts)

24. No way he did

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:32 AM

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Pisces

(5,599 posts)

26. I agree

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:32 AM

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kimbutgar

(21,155 posts)

27. Oh hell no he didn't.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:34 AM

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CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

28. He's probably in a Big Mac induced coma.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:34 AM

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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

32. Have they got him on an i.v. Nambian Covfefe drip?

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #28)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:40 AM

Dec 2017

That might be the only thing that would work.

Luciferous

(6,080 posts)

29. No someone took his phone

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:35 AM

Dec 2017

Laffy Kat

(16,382 posts)

30. No. It was civil and gracious.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:39 AM

Dec 2017

We'll get the his true views in a few hours via twitter.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)

33. Yeah it was him

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:41 AM

Dec 2017

He had to take a dig at the write in votes. That is classic Trump.

OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)

34. maybe it was his lawyer.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 12:50 AM

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raven mad

(4,940 posts)

35. Kelly probably wrote it.

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 06:02 PM

Dec 2017

After he hog-tied the Donald and poured Diet Coke down his gullet just to be sure those tiny hands had something else to concentrate on.

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