Trump closed out one of his most prolific days on Twitter — 16 tweets in 24 hours — with a taunt aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday night.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump closed out one of his most prolific days on Twitter — 16 tweets in 24 hours — with a taunt aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday night.
Reacting to Kim’s New Year’s Day remarks in which he alluded to having a nuclear button at the ready, Trump asserted that his « Nuclear Button » is « much bigger & more powerful » than Kim’s — « and my Button works! »
Public outcry was swift.
Republicans, like former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, Richard Painter, said the tweet was evidence of Trump’s instability — and grounds for impeachment.
Painter lumped Trump together with the North Korean leader as « two psychologically unfit men crowing about their nukes… Congress needs to deal with one of them and the U. N. Security Council needs to deal with the other. »
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed Trump’s « foreign policy by tweet » in remarks from the Senate floor Wednesday, while Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., invited his GOP colleagues to help check what he called « not normal behavior » from the president Tuesday night.
