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Donald Trump is currently exploring a run for president in 2016, according to Donald Trump. Yet some conservative pundits aren't taking Trump's potential campaign seriously. George Will of the Washington Post has called him a "bloviating ignoramus," Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard has said his effort is a "clown show," and Jonah Goldberg of National Review has said he's been "tweeting like a 14-year-old girl."
Now Trump has responded in the most presidential manner possible — with a multi-day tweetstorm of personal insults against his critics, calling them, among other things, "dumb," "failed," "boring," and "stupid." Read below:
.@BretBaier Why do you have George Will on your show - he's exhausted, boring and not even a little relevant! Waste of good air-time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2015
.@georgewillf is perhaps the most boring political pundit on television. Got thrown off ABC like a dog. At Mar-a-Lago he was a total bust!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2015
.@weeklystandard I know your business is failing but you should try to get writers far better than @stephenfhayes.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 20, 2015
How does failed writer and pundit like @stephenfhayes, with no success and little talent, get away with criticizing candidates.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 20, 2015
So much dishonest reporting (or non-reporting) in political media—an amazing experience for me. @BretBaier
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 20, 2015
.@stephenfhayes: I heard you were a joke on the media panel this weekend in New Hampshire. You just don't have what it takes! @JoeNBC
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2015
Jonah Goldberg @JonahNRO of the once great @NRO #National Review is truly dumb as a rock. Why does @BretBaier put this dummy on his show?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 20, 2015
National Review @NRO may be going out of business because of the really pathetic job being done by @JonahNRO. No talent means death - sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2015
.@JonahNRO You stated that I started "relentlessly tweeting like a 14-year-old girl..." Horrible insult to women. Resign now or later!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2015
With a stupid guy like Jonah Goldberg who uses "tweeting like a 14 year old girl" to hit me, no wonder the NRO is doing so poorly. @JonahNRO
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2015
Trump even praised MSNBC's Ed Schultz, a liberal, for defending him:
I guess @edshow is a lot smarter than dopes like @JonahNRO & @stephenfhayes. Oh well, both mags are dying anyway. http://t.co/KzwmixmfW4
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2015
And near the end of this afternoon's volley of tweets, Trump made a rather ironic observation:
I’m a conservative, but the weakness of conservatives is that they destroy each other, whereas liberals unite to win.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2015
