President Donald Trump had a rough weekend, guys.
His lack of control over his chief strategist, Steven Bannon, was the punchline of the “Saturday Night Live” opening sketch, and on Sunday, the New York Times reported that Trump was not aware he appointed Bannon to the National Security Council when he signed one of his many executive orders since he took office.
Trump signed EO putting Bannon on National Security Council without realizing what he was signing. Now mad at Bannon https://t.co/ALctkvCzG3 pic.twitter.com/Hrovp5Hg7h
— Micah Lee (@micahflee) February 6, 2017
The Times’ article also noted that when Trump found out he assigned Bannon a seat without being briefed on it, the information was a “greater source of frustration to the president than the fallout from the travel ban.”
Then, after all that, Trump tweeted this loaded gem on Monday morning:
I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. Some FAKE NEWS media, in order to marginalize, lies!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 6, 2017
And, naturally, Twitter had a lot feelings about it.
Here are some of the best tweets:
"I call my own shots" is the sort of thing a guy who doesn't call his own shots feels compelled to say.
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) February 6, 2017
"I call my own shots!" is what an 11-year old yells through a locked bedroom door while fighting w/his mom about going to the skate park
— Rachel Klein (@racheleklein) February 6, 2017
"I call my own shots, and everyone knows it!" pic.twitter.com/sLX1XKWxGS
— Mike Mitchell (@sirmitchell) February 6, 2017
I call my own shots. I prepare my own lunch packs. I don't have to ask for help with Capri-Sun packets. I have no problems on the toilet.
— ruben ferdinand🐌 (@urbanfriendden) February 6, 2017
Trump types on phone, Bannon over his shoulder--
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) February 6, 2017
BANNON
"I call...my own...shots"...No Donnie, "shots," not "shits."
TRUMP
Sorry, daddy.
"I call my own shots!" says the man who we now know doesn't even read the executive orders he signs. Oy. #PresidentBannon #SecretaryTrump pic.twitter.com/z22RhykMsN
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) February 6, 2017
(6:09 a.m.) Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe: "Maybe Bannon's calling all the shots"
— Impeach Donald Trump (@Impeach_D_Trump) February 6, 2017
(7:01 a.m.) Trump Tweet: I call my own shots" pic.twitter.com/li1FcWfmbd
.@realDonaldTrump "I call my own shots"
— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) February 6, 2017
ok sure pic.twitter.com/ZpR29Tk8KJ
"I call my own shots" he raged, pounding his adorable fists. "Of course" soothed his aide as she held her nose and changed his full diaper.
— Guy Endore-Kaiser (@GuyEndoreKaiser) February 6, 2017
I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it pic.twitter.com/6bobX7T5V9
— Shawn (@online_shawn) February 6, 2017
"Ask not what your country can do for you." - John F Kennedy, 1963
— Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) February 6, 2017
"I call my own shots." - Donald J Trump, 2017
"Your mortgage is due on the--"
— Lauren Warren (@iamlaurenp) February 6, 2017
"FAKE NEWS!"
Your car note is due--"
"FAKE NEWS!"
"You owe back taxes to--"
"I CALL MY OWN SHOTS!"
BOSS: Care to explain why you've been late every day the past 3 months?
— Dan Ahern (@topical_storm) February 6, 2017
ME: I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data,
I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data pic.twitter.com/unX566vGL8
— David Bennett (@MaynardBasilisk) February 6, 2017
Me: Asks 44 lady friends how to word a text to a guy
— Grace Parra (@GraceParra360) February 6, 2017
Also me: I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data https://t.co/mmdnzlkl63
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