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<p>For today&#39;s edition of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/08/why-executive-time-is-a-particularly-bleak-scoop-about-president-trump/?utm_term=.add5e6e52cb6">executive time,</a> President Donald Trump spent his morning live-tweeting Fox News, and to make it even sadder, he wasn&#39;t even watching live coverage.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is spending his morning with his DVR and Fox News. The tweet about Turley is from Fox &amp; Friends Sunday, while the tweet about Judge Nap is from last night. <br><br>Can’t wait til he gets to the Carter Page interview on Hannity. <a href="https://t.co/L29Lp7SWf4">pic.twitter.com/L29Lp7SWf4</a></p>&mdash; Lis Power (@LisPower1) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/968467550110658560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Trump caught DVR&#39;ed versions of days-old circlejerks seeking to improve his self-esteem by questioning the integrity of the Russia investigation.</p><p>All of Trump&#39;s anger and fear culminated in a terse tweet that might be an avant-garde masterpiece.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WITCH HUNT!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Witch, please." data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="121" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-iZSVhT.gif" width="250" /></div> <figcaption>Witch, please.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The President of the United States sees no need for context or explanations in his official decrees.</p><p>If Trump sees himself as a witch, well, Twitter then burned him at the stake.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If 5 witches had pleaded guilty in Salem, that would have been a pretty fucking successful witch hunt <a href="https://t.co/NwGXCVnCK6">https://t.co/NwGXCVnCK6</a></p>&mdash; Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChaseMit/status/968526032385990656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you finally think of the perfect band name. <a href="https://t.co/DrwAuDtsl2">https://t.co/DrwAuDtsl2</a></p>&mdash; Alex Baze (@bazecraze) <a href="https://twitter.com/bazecraze/status/968524560416034817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you are referring to women suffering under the hands of powerful men, then, yes, we are living in witch hunt times. <a href="https://t.co/Qf9FXcsg4v">https://t.co/Qf9FXcsg4v</a></p>&mdash; Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenAshleyWright/status/968525165159120896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what President Obama could have tweeted at you after you spent 5 1/2 years lying about his birth certificate. But he had class. <a href="https://t.co/soXZ4NF860">https://t.co/soXZ4NF860</a></p>&mdash; Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) <a href="https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/968487023177797632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As someone who has researched the anthropology of &#39;witches&#39;, I can assure you that your situation is VERY different. In the witch hunt era ordinary decent women were persecuted, tortured &amp; killed. Whereas YOU are being investigated in relation to treason and money laundering <a href="https://t.co/Q6VQswYj5s">https://t.co/Q6VQswYj5s</a></p>&mdash; Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) <a href="https://twitter.com/WillBlackWriter/status/968546616750813185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Worked out really well for the last guy who claimed Witch Hunt. <a href="https://t.co/DZkpK3iSmr">pic.twitter.com/DZkpK3iSmr</a></p>&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/968546293814448128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Isn&#39;t it a little late in human history to be calling for a witch hunt, Mr. President? <a href="https://t.co/cdHynvKE2x">https://t.co/cdHynvKE2x</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/968488619097944064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="bette midler witch GIF" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/Megam1qbwJjz2/giphy.gif" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It&#39;s clearly one of his favorite refrains.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All the times the president has tweeted about the &quot;witch hunt&quot; since his inauguration: <a href="https://t.co/qPslg2QemJ">pic.twitter.com/qPslg2QemJ</a></p>&mdash; Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarrieNBCNews/status/968472532843196416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The jury&#39;s still out on what Trump and co. think that &quot;witch hunt&quot; means.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/968534082379550720</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>One thing we know for certain: Trump seeing himself as the subject of a witch hunt is the closest he gets to empathizing with the female experience.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Trump woke up and tweeted 'WITCH HUNT.' The internet burned him at the stake.

Orli Matlow

For today&#39;s edition of executive time, President Donald Trump spent his morning live-tweeting Fox News, and to make it even sadder, he wasn&#39;t even watching live coverage.Trump is spending his morning with his DVR and Fox News. The tweet about Turley is from Fox &amp; Friends Sunday, while the tweet about Judge Nap is from last night. Can’t wait til he gets to the Carter Page interview on Hannity. pic.twitter.com/L29Lp7SWf4&mdash; Lis Power (@LisPower1) February 27, 2018 Trump caught DVR&#39;ed versions of days-old circlejerks seeking to improve his self-esteem by questioning the integrity of the Russia investigation.All of Trump&#39;s anger and fear culminated in a terse tweet that might be an avant-garde masterpiece.WITCH HUNT!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 27, 2018  Witch, please. giphyThe President of the United States sees no need for context or explanations in his official decrees.If Trump sees himself as a witch, well, Twitter then burned him at the stake.If 5 witches had pleaded guilty in Salem, that would have been a pretty fucking successful witch hunt https://t.co/NwGXCVnCK6&mdash; Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) February 27, 2018 When you finally think of the perfect band name. https://t.co/DrwAuDtsl2&mdash; Alex Baze (@bazecraze) February 27, 2018 If you are referring to women suffering under the hands of powerful men, then, yes, we are living in witch hunt times. https://t.co/Qf9FXcsg4v&mdash; Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) February 27, 2018 This is what President Obama could have tweeted at you after you spent 5 1/2 years lying about his birth certificate. But he had class. https://t.co/soXZ4NF860&mdash; Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 27, 2018 As someone who has researched the anthropology of &#39;witches&#39;, I can assure you that your situation is VERY different. In the witch hunt era ordinary decent women were persecuted, tortured &amp; killed. Whereas YOU are being investigated in relation to treason and money laundering https://t.co/Q6VQswYj5s&mdash; Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) February 27, 2018 Worked out really well for the last guy who claimed Witch Hunt. pic.twitter.com/DZkpK3iSmr&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 27, 2018  Isn&#39;t it a little late in human history to be calling for a witch hunt, Mr. President? https://t.co/cdHynvKE2x&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) February 27, 2018 giphyIt&#39;s clearly one of his favorite refrains.All the times the president has tweeted about the &quot;witch hunt&quot; since his inauguration: pic.twitter.com/qPslg2QemJ&mdash; Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) February 27, 2018 The jury&#39;s still out on what Trump and co. think that &quot;witch hunt&quot; means.https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/968534082379550720One thing we know for certain: Trump seeing himself as the subject of a witch hunt is the closest he gets to empathizing with the female experience.

For today&#39;s edition of executive time, President Donald Trump spent his morning live-tweeting Fox News, and to make it even sadder, he wasn&#39;t even watching live coverage.    Trump caught DVR&#39;ed versions of days-old circlejerks...