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Eric Trump continues to spread his own particular brand of Trump-style Twitter rants, which are similar to those of his father but are, on occasion, somehow even more detached from reality.
This time, Eric had a major problem with Google, claiming the omnipresent search engine was "manipulating" its search results.
Trump's evidence? Well, he put the word "mob" into Google and it returned images of Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama from the popular anime Mob Psycho 100.
Eric drew the obvious conclusion.
Google was out to suppress the truth!
Google is once again trying to manipulate Americans. Type “mob” or “mobs” into google and watch what comes up. Do t… https://t.co/8FQ29UOWgQ— Eric Trump (@Eric Trump) 1599563049.0
Twitter couldn't stop cackling at Eric Trump's fearful reaction to one of their favorite anime characters.
@EricTrump To be honest, Google may be manipulating search results because it is indeed weird that Mob Psycho 100 s… https://t.co/WK7jF3TKzy— Eugene Gu, MD (@Eugene Gu, MD) 1599586978.0
@EricTrump we must ban anime— 9 V O L T (@9 V O L T) 1599582924.0
Google's search algorithm returns images sorted by popularity and optimized for "freshness," which likely means people have been searching for Mob Psycho 100 a lot lately.
@EricTrump Meh, it's just Google promoting Mob Psycho 100. Nothing special or manipulative, to say the least.— Based Motivation (@Based Motivation) 1599582961.0
@MichaelVoiceUSA @EricTrump Googling influencing your mind to watch Mob Psycho 100 is just doing you a favor to be… https://t.co/GFwHlicw2V— Justice for Foo (@Justice for Foo) 1599583205.0
Fans of the anime suggested Google SHOULD be manipulating Americans to watch it.
Eric Trump having a paranoid meltdown bc Mob Psycho 100, the best anime ever, is more popular than stock photos of… https://t.co/hJnk3uDYKu— Bikegoth (@Bikegoth) 1599583721.0
Even the official Mob Psycho 100 account got in on the action.
Hello I heard I was trending 🙂 https://t.co/63FHvKg0jC— Mob Psycho 100 (@Mob Psycho 100) 1599589723.0
Eric Trump thinking the cartoon Mob Psycho 100 is some sort of left-wing Google conspiracy is the gift we needed to… https://t.co/plFgjqNm7U— Zack Davisson (@Zack Davisson) 1599584403.0
There's nothing scarier than finding out anime is more popular than your father.
eric trump when he searched mob on google https://t.co/tXtImoQX0p— pey (@pey) 1599609078.0
Eric Trump was today years old when he learned anime was more popular than his family's nationalist agenda. Now I… https://t.co/CPo9XHJy4G— Intersectional War Crimes & Girlboss Imperialism (@Intersectional War Crimes & Girlboss Imperialism) 1599585065.0
Keep up the good work, Eric. Whether you know it or not, you're helping a lot of people by spreading the word about quality anime.