CNN has the scoop of the decade three days in with this report: “President Trump dined on ice cream as news of the airstrike broke”
CNN’s obsession with President Trump and ice cream goes back to his first year in office.
President Trump dined on ice cream as news of the airstrike broke https://t.co/iP5fbnSfDH pic.twitter.com/SmrqI6zN0Y
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 3, 2020
Excerpt from CNN’s Kaitlan Collins’ report:
As news broke that the US struck and killed Qasem Soleimani, President Trump was dining at his Mar-a-Lago club, surrounded by old friends and others like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
As meatloaf and ice cream were served, the Pentagon confirmed that the US was behind the strikes, the only statement from the administration throughout the night.
As can be seen, the ratio is astounding with over 2500 comments to less than 300 retweets in less than an hour.
A sample of reactions.
https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/1213175008861794307
.@realDonaldTrump is free to eat ice cream however he pleases—especially if he's ordering the killing of terrorists. You're going to make more Trump skeptics and undecideds hold their noses and vote for him in November with these constant ridiculous takes. https://t.co/ZI3Xwxf8Hr
— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) January 3, 2020
“Journalism.” pic.twitter.com/NQeyJ8JOD8
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) January 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/starrfin/status/1213180680076582913
And the Trump campaign’s War Room chimed in:
America when CNN reported that President Trump "dined on ice cream" as news broke of the airstrike killing Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani: https://t.co/cJ2sCBPGqS pic.twitter.com/22ufuaAd29
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 3, 2020