Donald Trump Stopped Tweeting In The Middle Of A Thread And People Want To Know Why

"5 bucks he's dropped his phone down the toilet."
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Donald Trump has been characteristically bombastic on Twitter after the release of the Mueller report on Thursday, claiming it signifies “GAME OVER” for “the haters and the radical left democrats”.

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2019

The President was still still going hard on Friday morning, claiming that despite accepting the findings of the Special Counsel’s investigation, the evidence those very findings are based on can’t actually be trusted. Go figure.

Trump began a thread saying “so-called ‘notes’” quoted in the report “never existed until needed”.

Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally untrue. Watch out for people that take so-called “notes,” when the notes never existed until needed. Because I never....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2019

In the next tweet he said statements about him were “total bullshit” and called the whole investigation “an Illegally Started Hoax”.

...agreed to testify, it was not necessary for me to respond to statements made in the “Report” about me, some of which are total bullshit & only given to make the other person look good (or me to look bad). This was an Illegally Started Hoax that never should have happened, a...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2019

Then... nothing.

It’s been, at the time of writing, five hours since his last tweet and he has yet to finish it.

This is some cliffhanger. https://t.co/oGHP51jLzI

— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 19, 2019

UPDATE: Trump completed his sentence after eight hours had elapsed.

....big, fat, waste of time, energy and money - $30,000,000 to be exact. It is now finally time to turn the tables and bring justice to some very sick and dangerous people who have committed very serious crimes, perhaps even Spying or Treason. This should never happen again!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2019

What could explain this interruption? Well, Twitter has a few suggestions.

Perhaps he actually reread the report.

So, if I might paraphrase, you're saying you've now read the report and your reaction is "I'm fucked."

Do I have that right? https://t.co/VAD2f1eiDn

— Ed Bott (@edbott) April 19, 2019

Or maybe he had a little accident?

ok, it's been 2 hours now, $5 he's dropped his phone down the toilet https://t.co/qR4pfvQv8a

— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) April 19, 2019

Perhaps his memory has failed him?

Dear Individual 1,

"I have one of the world's great memories."
-- @realDonaldTrump

"I don't recall."
-- @realDonaldTrump to Robert Mueller's questions, 37 times. https://t.co/tZyytU7iyc

— Robert Elisberg (@relisberg) April 19, 2019

Or did more responsible adults intervene?

Five hours since Trump started this thread and he has not finished it yet. Did his memory strike again? Lawyers intervened? https://t.co/cKA5dG290m

— Morten Øverbye (@morten) April 19, 2019

Whatever the reason, we can all agree he’s taking the whole thing well.

He seems to be taking the bad news with calmness and grace. https://t.co/n8JH37ZftS

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) April 19, 2019

Elsewhere, the chairman of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the underlying materials.

Democratic Representative Jerry Nadler of New York is asking for the information by 1 May, the Press Association reports.

That is also the day when Attorney General William Barr is scheduled to give evidence before a Senate committee and one day before Barr is set to appear before Nadler’s committee. Nadler has also summoned Mueller to give evidence.

The subpoena is the opening shot in what could be a lengthy legal battle as Congress escalates its investigation of US President Donald Trump.

If the Justice Department does not respond, Democrats could hold officials in contempt of Congress or eventually fight the battle in court.

The Judiciary Committee voted 24-17 earlier this month to give Nadler permission to issue subpoenas for the final report, its exhibits and any underlying evidence or materials prepared for Mueller’s investigation.

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