For better or worse, President Trump has never been a politician. Never is this more obvious than on Twitter, Trump’s go-to spot to promote his administration and insult his critics. But often, the latter undermines the former.

Take, for example, Trump’s tweets weighing in on CNN anchor Chris Cuomo’s altercation with an unidentified man who used a racial slur to insult him. Cuomo throws a string of profanity-laced threats at the man in the now viral video, demonstrating a “total loss of control,” according to Trump. Here’s the kicker: Trump used Cuomo’s “filthy” rant as an example of what could disqualify someone from purchasing a firearm under some kind of red flag law, an initiative Trump’s administration is currently working on.

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