President Trump warned Iran he would not be “kind” to it in a series of early morning tweets that also hit on several other issues, including his fights with former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the economy, and protests at colleges.
“Iran is playing with fire — they don’t appreciate how ‘kind’ President Obama was to them. Not me!” Trump wrote.
Iran is playing with fire – they don’t appreciate how “kind” President Obama was to them. Not me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
Trump has spent much of the week shaking his fist at the Iranians after they tested a ballistic missile last week in violation of a United Nations resolution. He sent National Security Adviser Mike Flynn in front of the press on Wednesday to put Iran “on notice” and tweeted Thursday about his disdain for the Iran deal.
The Iranians responded on Thursday that they would not stop testing the missiles.
Trump also spent some time going over a couple other headlines from Thursday, including a back-and-forth with Schwarzenegger over ratings on “The Apprentice.”
Trump joked at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning that people needed to pray for the movie star so that the show would do better. Trump, who is still an executive producer of “The Apprentice,” has taken multiple shots over the show’s dipping ratings.
The Terminator responded to Trump in a video, asking if Trump wanted to switch jobs so that “people could finally sleep at night.” That led to Trump taking another shot on Friday morning.
“Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger did a really bad job as Governor of California and even worse on the Apprentice…but at least he tried hard!” he tweeted.
Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger did a really bad job as Governor of California and even worse on the Apprentice…but at least he tried hard!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
From there, Trump moved onto his diplomatic scrap with Australia.
A report on his call with Turnbull described Trump as yelling at the prime minister over a deal between for the United States to take refugees from Australian detention camps.
The call apparently happened not long after Trump stopped refugees from being admitted into the United States and he was not happy about the deal, apparently yelling at Turnbull that it was the “worst deal ever” and hanging up on him.
Turnbull told Australian media that the call was actually very civil, and Trump praised that assessment.
“Thank you to Prime Minister of Australia for telling the truth about our very civil conversation that FAKE NEWS media lied about. Very nice!” Trump tweeted.
Thank you to Prime Minister of Australia for telling the truth about our very civil conversation that FAKE NEWS media lied about. Very nice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
Trump then said he was looking forward to meeting with a business advisory council at the White House Friday morning.
“Meeting with biggest business leaders this morning. Good jobs are coming back to U.S., health care and tax bills are being crafted NOW!” he tweeted.
Thank you to Prime Minister of Australia for telling the truth about our very civil conversation that FAKE NEWS media lied about. Very nice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
Trump wrapped up his early morning tweeting by slamming the people who showed up to protest a controversial Breitbart editor in Berkeley on Wednesday and a conservative writer in New York on Thursday.
The protests in Berkeley turned violent, with people throwing rocks and setting fires, and the university had to cancel the event. In New York on Thursday, protesters lit Make America Great Again hats on fire and stormed a speech by a conservative comedian, causing him to end the speech early.
Trump alleged “professional anarchists” did the destruction.
Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
“Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he tweeted.
