Usually when Donald Trump signs an executive order, he makes a big show out of it. He will sign the document and then hold it up for the cameras to take lots of pictures. So what happened Friday afternoon at the White House was more than a bit unusual.
Standing at a podium in the Oval Office, Trump made some brief remarks about the new executive orders, which dealt with trade, promising:
“From now on, those who break the rules will face the consequences, and they’ll be very severe consequences. You’re going to see some very, very strong results very, very quickly.”
At that point, the pretend head of state was supposed to sign the order. But a reporter asked about ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who announced he was seeking immunity in the Trump-Russia investigation, Trump went from adult to petulant child in seconds. He didn’t sign the papers and walked out of the ceremony. Vice President Mike Pence tried to remind Trump he needed to sign the orders for them to be official, but wound up having to pick them up off the desk and take them with him.
It was a pathetic display of the whiny little boy we see emerging from this 70-year-old man when things don’t go his way, and he got roasted on Twitter for his actions:
https://twitter.com/ayusarafana/status/848076059438436352
Donald Trump walks past Mike Pence.
Trump: Pardon me.
Pence: After you resign.— Donald J Orwell (@DonaldJOrwell) April 1, 2017
It felt like a scene in The Office. Awkward AF. ?#jimface
— Todd Michaelsen (@ToddMichaelsen) March 31, 2017
What a joke @realdonaldtrump! You ran out of the room so fast Usain Bolt wouldn't have been able to keep up! https://t.co/rIgjyTksS4
— Juliet Benoit ❄️ (@juliet_benoit) April 1, 2017
US President throws tantrum and walks out of room… classic April Fool prank! What? This was yesterday? Oh. https://t.co/OAm9hP8bi6
— Joe Soap (@JoeSoap76) April 1, 2017
Pence's sigh after Trump walks by him. ?
— Elle Bogs (@ElleBogs) March 31, 2017
If you were wondering what kind of week Donald Trump had, there’s really no treason for him to tell you.
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