by Sharon Rondeau, h/t PH
(Jun. 1, 2021) — A tweet which apparently fueled the publication of a satirical article at The Root reproduced by none other than Yahoo! Life and, in a slightly different format at Yahoo! News Tuesday night, claims that 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump “has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August (no that isn’t how it works but simply sharing the information).”
The Root‘s Stephen A. Crockett titled his headline-grabbing article, “Delusional Former President Is Telling People He Will Be ‘Reinstated’ as President by August, New York Times Journalist Reports.”
The tweet was issued by New York Times writer Maggie Haberman, an obvious Trump opponent who claimed to have inside information about the Trump White House which Trump himself often refuted.
Discussion about Trump somehow making a return to the White House this summer has intensified of late, particularly among left-leaning “journalists” and pundits decrying the proliferation of “conspiracy theories” concerning the November 3, 2020 presidential election which Trump never conceded. At the same time, the Maricopa County, AZ election audit is proceeding and Trump, on his own blog, continues to suggest that other states’ election results, if audited, will demonstrate that the election was “stolen” from him and handed to Democrat Joe Biden.
Earlier Tuesday, the Twitter account of the Maricopa audit tweeted, “On Wednesday, a PA Delegation consisting of State Senator Doug Mastriano, State Senator Cris Dush, and State Rep. Rob Kauffman will visit the AZ Capitol to meet with members of the AZ Legislature, and then tour the AZ Audit to receive a brief from the forensic audit team.”
Pennsylvania is one of the states Trump has identified as having been rife with election fraud.
Also on Tuesday, Philip Bump of The Washington Post published an article titled, “A surreal, submerged, conspiratorial, Trump-centered political universe still thrives.” Recounting Trump’s rallies prior to his presidency and events sponsored by others since Trump left office in January as well as Haberman’s claim, Bump concluded his piece with:
It’s easy to dismiss all this as a grift, which, to a significant extent, it is. But it’s also a mass delusion reflected in polling that shows most Republicans think Trump didn’t actually lose the election and that millions of people think QAnon theories have legitimacy. Just as people waved away Trump’s rallies in 2015 as some bizarre subset of the political universe that bore no connection to any actual power or electoral significance, people now wave away Flynn’s weirdness or Gohmert’s assertions or Greene’s ability to raise money as aberrant.
We probably shouldn’t.
In visiting Trump’s political website, donaldjtrump.com Tuesday night, The Post & Email found its “Desk” section, where Trump normally shares his thoughts on current events with the public, to be unavailable, with only a sign-up form in its place. We therefore went to the “Press Inquiry” navigational tab and completed the form to request a response from Trump to Haberman’s claim, a link to which we included.
The Post & Email received an acknowledgement of our communication shortly thereafter and will update this report or issue a new one if and when we receive a response.