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Donald Trump is a very impressive badass, everyone - or at least that's what his tweets seem to want to convey.
The recent all-caps addition to the president's exhaustive portfolio of 38.3k tweets (yep, really) was a bizarre, boastful rebuke of Iran.
It declared "you will suffer consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before".
The unsubtle, harsh threats follows Iran's president Hassan Rouhani caution that Americans "must understand that war with Iran is the mother of all wars and peace with Iran is the mother of all peace".
His comments - reported via the state news agency - appeared to be point to a path towards peace between America and Iran, following the White House pulling out the international nuclear deal with Tehran two months ago.
Is this a distraction technique?
HEY EVERYBODY LOOK OVER HERE AT THIS THING THAT ISN’T RUSSIA https://t.co/MICXzkVtDI— Chris Cillizza (@Chris Cillizza) 1532317678
A really, really obvious distraction technique?
IS THAT A DEAD CAT ON THE TABLE? https://t.co/YdZm5jXO2k— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@Krishnan Guru-Murthy) 1532327508
Some think that Trump is trying to draw attention for Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort's upcoming trial.
This looks demented but it isn’t. It’s to distract you from Paul Manafort’s trial this week. https://t.co/7k6TtWu36P— Ricky Gervais (@Ricky Gervais) 1532327703
Others think it's a distraction from the Helsinki summit debacle.
While a caps lock threat from the most power man on earth shouldn’t be dismissed lightly, it should also be seen in… https://t.co/UTWwsMyHEE— Paul Danahar (@Paul Danahar) 1532326040
There's just so much to distract from.
Wakes up, checks Twitter, wonders what’s new overnight... ...oh, just the president of the United States sitting u… https://t.co/oQD8xYjJU9— The Media Tweets (@The Media Tweets) 1532327564
Ah the old ‘start/threaten a war with foreigners routine to cover your sorry ass domestic problems’ strategy. May I… https://t.co/0EJMvSlcLs— Clive Lewis MP (@Clive Lewis MP) 1532334871
But there's a bright side for America in all of this.
At least we didn’t get stuck with an emotional woman as president. https://t.co/FO1H3oVJTO— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1532329038
At least Trump is a consistently bizarre president.
Even if he does come across as a little childish at times.
Also, there's this important point...
Twitter's been blocked in Iran since 2009. https://t.co/5G0AUA7MxI— shauna (@shauna) 1532318019
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