Donald Trump has amped his Twitter stream. The declarative, one-way nature of a 140-character tweet is the perfect vehicle for his broadsides and bromides, the political equivalent of a great jab in boxing: hit and move. Trump has barely finished his curt commentary on Megyn Kelly (“she needs to go back on vacation”) before he takes aim at Jeb Bush, who should at this point probably be glad Trump’s talking about him. At least it gives him some media attention.
Trump tweeting on Bush: “Is he ashamed of the name BUSH? A pretty sad situation.” The tweet — monologue, not dialogue — is such a perfect weapon for Trump it reminds some observers of Voltaire’s God: “If the tweet did not exist, it would be necessary (for Trump’s campaign) to invent it.” Plus, even if Trump hits a dry creative spell, he can always just retweet praise from one of his admirers:
“@toneantone96: @realDonaldTrump No man or women on this Planet can give us back America with the exception of @realDonaldTrump Leadership!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015
Jeb Bush never uses his last name on advertising, signage, materials etc. Is he ashamed of the name BUSH? A pretty sad situation. Go Jeb!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015
In a clumsy move to get out of his “anchor babies” dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015
I liked The Kelly File much better without @megynkelly. Perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015
