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Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, US News, Iran, TV And Film, Social Media
Jen Thomas
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, US News, Iran, TV And Film, Social Media
Social media users and talk show hosts alike have been piling on and savagely mocking Donald Trump in the wake of threats he made to Iran.
Earlier this week, the POTUS shared an expletive-riddled rant on Truth Social: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the f**king Strait, you crazy b*******, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH!
He signed off the post with "Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP."
Since then, he also issued a deadline to Tehran, and threatened a 'whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again' if Iran did not agree to his terms for a ceasefire before his deadline, on Tuesday, April 7.
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Now, following the announcement that a two week ceasefire has been arranged for negotiations, social media users and even talk show host Jimmy Kimmel have accused the president of being all bark and no bite following his threats.
Many are using the phrase 'TACO', standing for 'Trump Always Chickens Out'.
One social media user wrote: "The mad king has surrendered. After running his big mouth for days with threatens to wipe Iran off the surface of earth, Orange Mussolini has announced a 2-week ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran. TACO = Trump Always Chickens Out."
Another shared a statement from Trump along with the alleged '10 point plan' from Iran, and added: "Ummm so to sum it up, turns out this is IRAN’S plan and TACO Trump completely capitulated?! This is stunning, even for Trump. Utterly embarrassing."
A third shared the statement, writing simply: "TACO Trump."
Meanwhile, late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel also laid it on thick, calling it 'another crazy day here in the United States of America'.
According to Rolling Stone, Kimmel said, disbelievingly: "He gave a hard cut off time of right now. This morning he wrote, ‘A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.’ … This is the same man that was just b****ing about losing the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he’s threatening a civilization with death. He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that," he said.
Kimmel said the people of Iran spent all day with the threat looming, wondering if they would die: "Well, good news, they didn’t. It was the Taco Tuesday of all Taco Tuesdays. Our president decided not to drop the chalupa for at least another two weeks.”
Kimmel's attack continued: "This is how it goes every single time Trump says something insane. He says, ‘I’m going to kill everybody tomorrow at 5 p.m.’ Then we all freak out and then he backs off. He’s like, ‘You know what? Actually, I’ll kill everyone in two weeks.’ Then we relax, and then he forgets he ever said it in the first place. He has the memory and the skin colour of a goldfish.”
He finished by saying “He’s like a conscientious employee. He always gives two weeks notice.”
Tyla has reached out to the White House for comment.