President Donald Trump took a brief hiatus from Twitter as he underwent treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for the virus that's killed over 200 thousand Americans.
Trump was at Walter Reed for three days before his dramatic return to the White House which featured him defiantly removing his mask before entering, despite still being infected with the virus.
On Wednesday, Trump's Twitter feed was as loquacious as ever, with the President firing off 40 tweets or retweets in the span of 30 minutes. The quality of the tweets was just as mind-bending as their quantity, with Trump calling on Congress to pass a pandemic relief package only hours after he instructed White House representatives to stop negotiations.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden, whose steadiness is seen by supporters as a foil to Trump's spontaneity, issued only one word and a GIF in response.
Please. pic.twitter.com/acHR1Rf8hE
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 7, 2020
The GIF was taken from an event last month in which Biden implored the President to step back from his incessant tweeting to work with Democrats in Congress on a pandemic relief bill months after the CARES Act was passed by Congress in April.
People appreciated the presidential frontrunner's retort.
This is what's called a “subtweet" cc @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/0A4BFEOVMs
— Sara Pearl (@skenigsberg) October 7, 2020
Epic trolling. https://t.co/WSUZc5OzZb
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) October 7, 2020
And Biden for the WIN. 💙💙💙 https://t.co/rMHCU7fTGX
— Guera 🆘 (@JDangzalan) October 7, 2020
I think we all know who this is for. Don'tcha just love Joe. 😂 https://t.co/mDQVqkgYni
— Yaya - Black Widow 🕷🕸🖤 (@BlackWidow_WF) October 7, 2020
<COUGH COUGH> @realDonaldTrump <COUGH COUGH> https://t.co/BmDMHDPCYB
— 🧢🔮🌹🌻❤🎃WitchesForYang🎃🍎🐑🐕🐝🐔🐐 (@WitchesFor) October 7, 2020
Others jokingly related the comeback to their own Twitter habits.
I needed to see this tweet 8 hours ago https://t.co/jvSSF4IkGm
— Drew Comments (@sjs856) October 7, 2020
I actually think its pretty inappropriate for my boss to subtweet mehttps://t.co/5ZVNDfGABt
— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) October 7, 2020
Drag me Joe https://t.co/2n66etyFSq
— Ira Madison III (@ira) October 7, 2020
i will never log off https://t.co/BHsp2irUMI
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) October 7, 2020
OKAY JUST CALL ME OUT, JOE https://t.co/tYwGT95Dcd
— Dr. Sam, PhD is #wearingamask (@samisadancer) October 7, 2020
Biden and Trump were set to face off in the second presidential debate on September 15, but with Trump testing positive for the virus, the date is still uncertain. For his part, Trump has said he's "looking forward" to debating Biden as scheduled.
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