Donald Trump criticised for tweeting image of blood-splattered CNN logo squashed under his shoe
‘Grow up sir. Have you no sense of decency?’ a conservative radio host asked the president.
United States President Donald Trump was criticised on Sunday after he re-tweeted an altered image that shows a blood-splattered CNN logo under his shoe, The Washington Post reported. The photo is captioned ‘Winning’.
Thank you President TRUMP!! pic.twitter.com/LKdkT0FL99
— oregon4TRUMP (@shawgerald4) December 23, 2017
Walter M Shaub Jr, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics who resigned from his position in July after differences with the White House, said the president was hurting and making the US “look weak”.
Others called on the president to delete his tweet and stop attacking people on Twitter. “Grow up sir. Have you no sense of decency?” conservative radio host Joe Walsh asked.
The wannabe autocrat just retweeted an image depicting CNN’s blood on the sole of his shoe. These colicky tweets reveal he’s hurting this weekend. They make him (and our country) look weak.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 24, 2017
It's Christmas Eve morning. Trump tweets out nasty attacks on CNN and the FBI.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) December 24, 2017
Mr President, put your phone down. It's Christmas. Quit attacking people on Twitter.
Grow up sir. Have you no sense of decency? Go spend time with your family. https://t.co/LVBFMIugr6
The president needs to delete this. Criticism is fine when warranted, but this goes way too far with blood on the sole. There is a line and this crosses it. https://t.co/pqZ9kVwL7z
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) December 24, 2017
After CNN anchor Jake Tapper pointed out the tweet, a former advisor to the Trump campaign alleged that the blood splatter looked like a squashed bug and accused the journalist of stirring controversy.
The president retweeted an image of blood labeled “CNN” on the sole of his shoe. I noted it. Trump Adviser now faults *me* for “making this about” CNN. God bless us, everyone. https://t.co/kWzuKDOWmh
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 24, 2017