Know-Nothing President Tweets Photo of Himself Fiddling While Coronavirus Churns

March 11th 2020

President Trump at Davos (The White House)

By Aldous J Pennyfarthing (of the Daily Kos community)

Um ...

Who knows what this means, but it sounds good to me! https://t.co/rQVA4ER0PV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2020

Do you really not understand how this looks? Do you really not get the historical reference?

Seriously?

Annnndddd … Twitter had some thoughts:

It means you're a complete idiot.
— Angela Belcamino (@AngelaBelcamino) March 8, 2020

Fiddle while Rome burns. To do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency; legend has it that while a fire destroyed the city of Rome, the emperor Nero played his violin, thus revealing his total lack of concern for his people and his empire.
— Morten Øverbye (@morten) March 8, 2020

Nothing can stop what’s coming. #VoteBlueNoMatterWho pic.twitter.com/yPGHkTIwt2
— Trump On Drugs (@TrumpOnDrugs) March 8, 2020

And here’s a screen grab of the original tweet, just in case any White House staff members with more than two active brain cells are still allowed to talk to Dear Leader long enough to set him straight:

Two choices: 1) Donald Trump doesn’t understand historical references that most reasonably bright 10-year-olds would get or 2) he’s trolling the country in the middle of health crisis that could kill thousands of Americans and crash the economy.

I’m not sure which I want to believe, honestly.

Then again, I already know he has both the brains and compassion of a below-average reptile.

Can we please shove this dumbass out onto an ice floe … at least until the danger has passed?

Posted with permission