Professor Trump tweets about 'Alfonse' Capone and truly what the hell is happening?

Sorry but no one should call Al Capone by his full name.
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Heather Dockray
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Professor Trump tweets about 'Alfonse' Capone and truly what the hell is happening?
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Professor Trump has been doing some extensive Googling recently, and he'd like to share the results of his research.

On the second day of Paul Manafort's trial, Trump took to Twitter to purge the contents of his disordered mind and come to his former campaign manager's defense.

Manafort, Trump complained, was being treated worse than famous mobster "Alfonse" Capone. (His spelling, not mine.)

"Looking back on history, who was treated worse, Alfonse Capone, legendary mob boss, killer and "Public Enemy Number One," or Paul Manafort, political operative & Reagan/Dole darling," Trump wrote in a tweet.

Alphonse Capone, who spelled his name with a ph, not an F, and was best known as "Al" Capone, likely suffered a wee bit more than Manafort himself. Capone was sent to notoriously violent Alcatraz for his crimes, where he suffered from paresis, a late stage of syphilis. The gangster experienced serious mental deterioration as a result of the untreated disease and was later considered certifiably insane.

Paul Manafort, who is being held in solitary confinement, has otherwise bragged about his jail stay and his "VIP treatment." For what it's worth, Manafort appears to have done far more than Capone to disrupt the global world order, including helping to prop up ghoulish Russia-backed puppets in Ukraine.

Also of note today: Trump called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end Mueller's special investigation.

Ugh, why do we have to have a constitutional crisis right before the weekend?

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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