Donald Trump's 'Gaslighting' Over Fox News Interview Goes Awry
Twitter users on Tuesday morning called out President Donald Trump for his brazen attempt at rewriting the narrative about his disastrous weekend interview on Fox News.
The president was widely mocked and slammed for his sit-down with Chris Wallace that aired Sunday. It featured Trump bragging about acing a cognitive test, continuing to downplay the coronavirus pandemic, refusing to say if he’d accept the 2020 election result and getting fact-checked to his face for false claims about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump had an alternate spin.
“Thank you for the good reviews and comments on my interview with Chris Wallace of @FoxNews,” the president tweeted. He noted the interview was “a record” in the heat, but didn’t say what the weather had to do with his behavior.
Thank you for the good reviews and comments on my interview with Chris Wallace of @FoxNews. We may have set a record for doing such an interview in the heat. It was 100 degrees, making things very interesting!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 21, 2020
Tweeters were perplexed by Trump’s post.
Some accused the president of gaslighting. Others wondered if he was writing about the same interview they had watched:
What about the 90%+ of bad reviews and comments?
— Jeff (@BeastQuake) July 21, 2020
what planet are you on? you bragged about pointing to an elephant
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 21, 2020
Gaslighting at The crack of dawn... pic.twitter.com/KsuGE7aaj8
— Bob Marsdale (@BobMarsdale) July 21, 2020
It was the most amazing interview that ever took place.
It wasn’t. I’m lying.— Geoff Wilton (@geoffwilton2) July 21, 2020
6.30am and Trump is losing sleep over his train wreck interview.
So he has to gaslight to appease his narcissism.
You are so tediously predictable, Donald.
HILARIOUS— Jay Lionel (@JayLionel7) July 21, 2020
Ate you kidding?! Everyone saw you as beyond ignorant, incompetent, dishonest and off-the-rails batshit crazy... #Trump #ChrisWallace
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) July 21, 2020
This totally regular guy said it was the best interview in 100 degree weather in the history of interviews, and also of weather.
Believe me. pic.twitter.com/G970z9Rcfs— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) July 21, 2020
It was indeed hot. https://t.co/mkIJQm4x8w
— Kathryn Diss (@KathrynDiss) July 21, 2020
Good reviews?? For that dumpster fire of an interview?
— 🍞🏴🚩Śçøth 🚩🏴🍞 (@ScothSenpai) July 21, 2020
Hey there, Don. You’re correct abt two things - a record number for you. Yes, it is hot, which begs the question as to why you didn’t have the interview indoors. And the interview has dominated the news since it aired. Good job.
P.S. 142,000 ppl are dead.— Susan Pick Kamala Harris Becraft (@AliceTinker1943) July 21, 2020
Good reviews... pic.twitter.com/4nsRa9CKY4
— *you're (@RKJ65) July 21, 2020
Nice spin it was a disaster
— Danny Blanchflower (@D_Blanchflower) July 21, 2020
Good reviews and lots of praise for Wallace, nothing but laughter and contempt for you! It was an epic failure!
— Diane Bernaerts 🇧🇪🌊🌊🌊 (@DianeBernaerts) July 21, 2020
Excuse me while I laugh so hard I choke https://t.co/7zyTnAB1b2
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) July 21, 2020
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