Trump’s Fox News Meltdown Over ‘People In Dark Shadows’ Lights Up Twitter
President Donald Trump sat down with Laura Ingraham for a lengthy interview on Fox News Monday and his critics couldn’t decide on the wildest part.
Trump attacked Black Lives Matter, saying the name alone was “bad for Black people” and compared the police officer who shot a Black man in the back seven times to a golfer who missed an easy putt.
He also presented a series of conspiracy theories, claiming “people that are in the dark shadows” control both “the streets” and former Vice President Joe Biden. And he spun a conspiracy theory about an airplane:
“We had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
Trump claimed the people on the plane wanted to “do big damage” to the Republican National Convention, yet offered no other details.
The president’s claims were so wild that Ingraham jumped in to try and save him several times.
The strange interview was all the talk on Twitter:
All of you idiots making fun of Donald and ignoring the VERY CLEAR information he’s trying to convey — people in the dark shadows who are getting on planes in black uniforms and flying to cities. Shadow People Dressed In Black On Airplanes. WAKE UP. https://t.co/ZhW5hX2HRV
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) September 1, 2020
You know things are bad when Laura Ingraham has to save President Trump from saying stupid things. https://t.co/jBBp9x7e4U
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 1, 2020
I'm sorry, but Trump's Laura Ingraham interview is comedy gold... If only the fate the free world weren't at stake.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) September 1, 2020
Is this dude ok? https://t.co/pq9vKRJHe8
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 1, 2020
Trump should just keep doing TV all the time because it's going great for him.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 1, 2020