While the Olympic Games kicked off,forced sex with a stranger video the stock market sinks, and a day after a government shutdown, President Trump tweeted in defense of an accused serial abuser.
The story of now-former aide Rob Porter has dominated much of the news cycle this week. After physical abuse allegations surfaced from two of his ex wives, Chief of Staff John Kelly sent out a memo defending him on Tuesday. When pictures of injuries that Porter allegedly caused came out the next day, he left the job, though it's unclear whether he resigned or was fired.
SEE ALSO: Even Fox News called out Trump's latest lieOf course, it wouldn't be a day in America without the president weighing in with a problematic opinion. And so that's what he did Saturday morning.
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It's easy to find many problems with this tweet, especially coming from Trump. Porter's case was more than a "mere allegation," his life was far from destroyed, and the president himself has a loooooooooonghistory of making groundless accusations and becoming enraged when no one takes action. It also continues to underscore Trump's instilled habit not to listen to women accusers.
A controversial Trump tweet is nothing out of the ordinary, but this one inspired many people to call it out.
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People were also quick to bring up Trump's campaign against the exonerated Central Park Five as one of the more notable examples of the hypocritical nature of his tweet.
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