Donald Trump dropped a big 'Schitt' after dismissing a U.S. hero's military service
It's the afternoon of a day ending with "y," so you know Donald Trump has offended someone already.
Look no further than Trump's Fox News interview with Chris Wallace. A clip from that interview went viral earlier on Sunday when Wallace asked the president to respond to comments by Bill McRaven, the former Navy SEAL who oversaw the operation the ended in the death of Osama Bin Laden.
McRaven had previously criticized Trump's frequent attacks against the media -- specifically, his characterization of the press as "the enemy of the people" -- as "the greatest threat to democracy" he's ever witnessed. The former SEAL spoke up again in August after Trump's apparently punitive revocation of former CIA director John Brennan's security clearance.
Before Wallace could even get his McRaven question out -- he only got as far as detailing the man's record of service -- Trump interrupted: "Hillary Clinton fan."
Wallace tried to continue, but Trump interrupted him again, an angry edge in his voice: "Excuse me. Hillary Clinton fan."
Wallace continued again and finished his question. Trump responded, first by describing McRaven as a "backer" of Clinton and Barack Obama and then by hinting that McRaven is incompetent, saying "wouldn't it have been nice if we got Osama Bin Laden a lot sooner than that?"
(It went even further than that. And this was after he boasted about how much he's supposedly done for the military.)
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Trump summarily dismissed a literal U.S. hero's service to the country because he couldn't take a little criticism. He also seemingly made up McRaven's political leanings. The ill-advised comments prompted some outcry, as you might imagine.
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You get the idea.
A few hours later, as the noise around Trump's comments to Wallace turned into a thunderous roar, the beleaguered president took to Twitter and dropped this turd of a tweet. (Pun definitely intended.)
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He's talking about Adam Schiff, the U.S. Representative for California who is currently the Ranking Member of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. As the top Democrat in the House of Representatives charged with investigating Russia's involvement in the 2016 election, Schiff has been a thorn in Trump's side and a semi-frequent target of the president's rage.
And yes, his name is Schiff. Two Fs. Not what Trump wrote.
Now, it could be a typo. The letters T and F are fairly close to one another on the standard QWERTY keyboard that most smartphones employ. Trump farts out so many tweets on a daily basis, he could have easily punched in the wrong letters.
Or maybe it's an autocorrect issue. Is the president secretly a fan of the Canadian comedy series, Schitt's Creek? It could be that he's texted about it enough that "Schitt" comes up as an autocorrect suggestion.
Of course, given Trump's rep, both as president and as a human being, the most likely explanation is he committed an intentional typo in the name of juvenile humor. Which, hey, nothing against juvenile humor. But it's maybe not the right tone to employ publicly when you're the U.S. president, especially when you're using it in the context of a comment that some might construe as an obstruction of justice.
Of course, that kind of ridiculous behavior from a grown-ass adult would get people talking about something other than Trump's egregious put-down of a largely apolitical military veteran's service.
But what do I know? Maybe it was a typo, or an unwanted autocorrect. As Mashable's Matt Binder quipped in Slack when we talked about this whole episode, "hard to tell with our very smart 150-dimensional chess playing president."
Indeed.
Still, social media did its thing and assumed Trump was acting with the worst intentions. In fairness to social media, there's a lot of evidence to suggest that's the safe assumption. Brace yourself for Trump burns and poop puns. Even Schiff joined in to take his shot.
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Politics in 2018 is one hell of a ride.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
