Our “Trump Writes” Tweet Thread

Writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks ago. Looking forward to Friday.

A photo posted by Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on Jan 18, 2017 at 8:47am PST

Apparently, Donald Trump has got a better flair for Twitter than he does for Instagram. Odd in itself (because of his famously-short attention span), his team posted a three-week-old photo from his Florida resort in which he’s supposedly working on his inauguration speech. The photo was laughable for a number of reasons. Trump’s photo ops are painfully stage-y. He’s hardly known as a writer. (I’ve haven’t seen anything he’s written that wasn’t in bullet points, and wasn’t written with a Sharpee.) Also, as you can see from the tweet at the bottom of the post, the internets discovered the photo was taken at a cleared-off concierge desk in a lobby. What’s most odd about the photo, though, is that Trump never looks this passive. Trump’s armor is his swagger. Without it, it’s open season.

Here’s how we deconstructed it on Twitter:

1/ Sad cousin of the press conference folders #trumpwrites #inauguration pic.twitter.com/um9JVYlEHL

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 18, 2017

2/ Really sad is what happens if you do “Trump writing” image search. (For kicks, try it w Obama.) #trumpwrites #inauguration

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 18, 2017

3/ Illogical on its face. Trump dictates. #trumpwrites #inauguration

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 18, 2017

4/ TIME eagle do-over. (Mean when bird terrorized him, not viral, free-publicity pic that helped make him legit.) #trumpwrites #inauguration

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 18, 2017

5/ The very rare shot of #Trump self-conscious. He can’t tolerate weakness, but … there you are. #trumpwrites #inauguration

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 18, 2017

6/ Best argument yet for hiring a photographer. (But not holding our breath.) #trumpwrites #inauguration

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 18, 2017

7/ After Obama visual craft & production value, it’s a long way down #trumpwrites #inauguration

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) January 18, 2017

he doesn’t have a desk at the winter white house pic.twitter.com/LNfn2aE2Ce

— ceeks (@70Ceeks) January 18, 2017