Trump Retweets Fake News Story From ‘The Babylon Bee’ To Criticize Twitter

President Donald Trump tweeted out a fake story Friday from The Babylon Bee, a satirical news website that often makes fun of liberals and has been described as a conservative version of The Onion. The article mockingly wrote that Twitter had crashed on Thursday to slow the “spread of negative Biden news.” In satirical fashion, staff writers stated, “After seeing account after account tweet out one particularly bad story, CEO Jack Dorsey realized he had to take action. Dorsey smashed a glass box in his office reading ‘Break In Case Of Bad Publicity For Democrats.’ Inside the case was a sledgehammer for smashing Twitter’s servers.”

However, when Trump tweeted out this story, it is unclear as to whether he knew that the piece was purely satirical or if he thought he article was being serious. “Wow, this has never been done in history. This includes his really bad interview last night. Why is Twitter doing this. Bringing more attention to Sleepy Joe & Big T,” the president writes.

In a follow up tweet, he clarified that Big T was in reference to Big Tech and not himself

These posts come at time where Trump and his team are growing in anger towards Twitter’s increase in censorship. On Wednesday, the social media platform placed restrictions on tweeting a New York Post story that claims that Democratic candidate Joe Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden, used his influence to connect a Ukrainian businessman with his father.

On Thursday night, Trump was criticized for tweeting out conspiracy theories from his Twitter handle.

Article by Charlotte Ruhl