In a tweet on Sunday, the president thanked himself for falling oil prices, tax cuts, and the general state of the economy. But in the process, Trump also nicknamed himself \u00ab\u00a0President T,\u00a0\u00bb prompting Twitter users far and wide to roast him. \u00ab\u00a0So great\u2026<\/b>
\nIn a tweet on Sunday, the president thanked himself for falling oil prices, tax cuts, and the general state of the economy. But in the process, Trump also nicknamed himself \u00ab\u00a0President T,\u00a0\u00bb prompting Twitter users far and wide to roast him.
\u00ab\u00a0So great that oil prices are falling (thank you President T),\u00a0\u00bb Trump tweeted on Sunday. \u00ab\u00a0Add that, which is like a big Tax Cut, to our other good Economic news. Inflation down (are you listening Fed)!\u00a0\u00bb
The president, known for nicknaming other people \u2014 and generally those he disagrees with \u2014 has not assumed the name \u00ab\u00a0President T\u00a0\u00bb in the past. Political commentators, reporters, and other onlookers snapped to attention to share pithy jokes and puns shortly after Trump sent out his self-congratulatory tweet.
\u00a0\u00bb President T?\u00a0\u00bb mused one user. \u00ab\u00a0More like President Tee, because all he does is golf.\u00a0\u00bb
Many drew comparisons between the nickname \u00ab\u00a0President T\u00a0\u00bb and the musician known as \u00ab\u00a0Ice-T.\u00a0\u00bb Still more drew comparisons between Trump’s nickname and the retired professional wrestler known as \u00ab\u00a0Mr. T.\u00a0\u00bb (\u00a0\u00bb The only ‘president T’ that *I* recognize,\u00a0\u00bb tweeted one user, sharing a photo of the former wrestler who also starred in the Rocky franchise.) Others, however, suggested that the nickname wasn’t as innocuous as others would have you believe.
\u00a0\u00bb Trump giving himself the friendly nickname ‘President T’ makes me deeply uncomfortable,\u00a0\u00bb wrote one user. \u00ab\u00a0Like he\u2019s trying to cast himself in the role of the good dad all of the neighborhood kids love in a 1950\u2019s TV show.\u00a0\u00bb
Some folks were particularly harsh in their roastings. \u00ab\u00a0There\u2019s about an 80% chance he called himself ‘President T’ because he forgot how to spell the rest of his own name,\u00a0\u00bb tweeted one user.
A few others pointedly used the new nickname to contest the president’s claims that the economy is actually doing very well. \u00ab\u00a0President T… [gas] prices were around $2 a gallon when [he] was elected, and the falling prices are mostly a result of global recession fears, and consumption projections not meeting global output, and OPEC will probably cut production by 1 million barrels a day on Dec 6th,\u00a0\u00bb wrote one user.
It wasn’t clear whether the president was thanking himself for the state of the economy, or whether he was suggesting that others should be thanking him. One user, however, played on the idea that Trump was instructing others to be grateful, and made an Annie reference along the way. \u00ab\u00a0‘Thank you President T’ is required to be said like ‘We love you, Miss Hannigan,’ right?\u00a0\u00bb she wrote.
Others were a bit more biting in their responses. \u00ab\u00a0Tariffs are also taxes on Americans that President T could cut if he wanted to,\u00a0\u00bb wrote one user.
According to some tweets, the president’s attempt to give himself a nickname was a bit confusing \u2014 because they thought he was nicknaming someone else . \u00ab\u00a0I was trying to figure out which President was ‘President T’ and cross-referencing in my head leaders of countries that produce substantial amounts of oil and then I realized he was parenthetically thanking himself,\u00a0\u00bb wrote one user.
Whether or not the new presidential nickname will stick wasn’t clear on Sunday afternoon. But the president has a reputation for doing his own thing, even in the face of criticism, so as with most else, it’s truly a wait and see.<\/p>\n