Staff Reports
Joe Biden’s latest brush with Twitter drama could be likened to a classic sitcom misunderstanding. Last Wednesday night, Biden tweeted, “I’m sick,” sending shockwaves through the social media world, with around 150 million people viewing the ambiguous message. People were left scratching their heads, wondering if the Commander-in-Chief had caught some mysterious new ailment. Was it COVID-20? The common cold? Did he forget his lines again? The internet was abuzz with all kinds of speculations, but that was just the setup for the punchline.
A follow-up tweet from Biden clarified the situation, revealing his displeasure with none other than the Twitter overlord himself, Elon Musk. This clarifying tweet, however, reached only 19 million people. That’s a tiny fraction compared to the initial gut punch of the “I’m sick” tweet. So basically, three-quarters of America was left in the dark, assuming Biden might be on his deathbed, while only a small club was in on the joke about his beef with Musk.
It’s gross for the Biden campaign to use his COVID diagnosis as a clickbait tactic https://t.co/6Eu2NRz0Ck pic.twitter.com/gLvBN85WbZ
— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) July 18, 2024
Elon Musk, who spends his spare time sending rockets to Mars and making electric cars that look like they’d belong more in Tony Stark’s garage than on Main Street, apparently got under Old Joe’s skin. But was Biden’s fumble a clever strategy to hide his real intentions, or just another senior moment from a guy who could get lost in his backyard? The whole scenario feels like watching Mr. Magoo wander through an obstacle course, dodging disasters by sheer dumb luck.
The real kicker is that watching this unfold is like watching a blindfolded man trying to play darts. Biden seems to forget that Musk, love him or hate him, controls a platform that can sink or swim a message instantly. If Biden truly wanted people to know he’s not mad about getting a bad hand at Scrabble with Musk, he picked a hilariously inefficient way to do it. Maybe next time, Joe can call up Elon and chat about his feelings over a game of digital chess instead of causing a national panic with a cryptic tweet.
So, as always, one has to wonder, is this just another day in Biden’s America, where clarity is a luxury and disjointed messaging is the norm? Or is Biden secretly a comedic genius, carefully scripting a laugh track saga to keep everyone guessing? Either way, it’s entertaining—but let’s hope for the future tweets, that his handlers keep a closer eye on his tweeting habits. America doesn’t need another episode of “Guess What’s Wrong with Grandpa Joe.”
