Trump Needs to Keep Tweeting

I hear the refrain all the time. “That Trump needs to stop tweeting,” or “someone needs to take Trump’s phone away from him.”  It’s because Trump’s tweets make people feel uncomfortable.

And why shouldn’t they feel uncomfortable?  Through his tweets, Trump is his most raw self. They are his inner most thoughts. They can be angry, insulting, bullying, vulgar, narcissistic, and above all, ignorant.

Trump’s tweets show that he ignores sources of information that do not fit into his world view. He routinely calls news and polls that don’t flatter him “fake news,” while lauding polls and news that massage his ego, even if the source is objectively unreliable.

Trump attacks his enemies in his tweets, often based on superficial characteristics. He will degrade women often referring to attractiveness or what thinks is their intelligence. He attacks talk show hosts by berating what he thinks is their ratings. But very rarely do you ever see him engage in an intelligent policy debate.

Trump uses his tweets to bully. If he disagrees with a person, that person gets an ugly nickname. He rebukes people for not thanking him. His bullying tweets can go on for days, weeks, months . . . .

Trump tweets most when he’s angry. When he is angry, Twitter becomes his outlet for some of the most vile, vitriolic language he can muster.

In short, Trump’s tweets confess his misogyny, his ignorance, his racism, his lack of intelligence, his lack of understanding of the Constitution, his unstable personality and his narcissism. All in all, Trump’s tweets show that he is more than simply unpresidential; they show that he is a dangerous man to be in the White House.

And that’s the main reason why they make people uncomfortable. People want to go on with their lives, hoping things can just remain normal. But Trump’s tweets are a constant reminder that we elected a totally unqualified, ignorant, horrid excuse for a human being to lead our Government. His tweets make people confront the fact that Trump has strained relationships with our allies, made politics far more combative and ugly than ever, and shown contempt for some of the fundamental principles of our Constitution. His tweets show how no one can continue to ignore politics.

While Trump’s tweets make some people uncomfortable, and anger others, he needs to keep tweeting. He needs to keep showing us just what an appalling person he is. That way, more people can be motivated to get him out of office to restore the prestige of the United States and the Office of the President. Please, Mr. Trump, keep tweeting.

By:  William J. Kovatch, Jr.