People on Twitter mocked President Donald Trump after he boasted that his nuclear launch button was “much bigger” than North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s.
Trump issued the taunt via Twitter on Tuesday night:
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018
It followed Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s address, in which he warned the United States against threatening his country.
Singer Cher and “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert were among many who poked fun at Trump:
TRUMP IS A NUT JOB
— Cher (@cher) January 3, 2018
WHO IS PLAYING,“WHOSE
🍆IS BIGGER“,WITH ANOTHER NUT JOB FROM N.KOREA‼️TRUMP MAY GET US INTO A WAR,WITH HIS 12 YR OLD BOY ”NANNY,NANNY,NANNY“
TWTS‼️
THEY’RE PROBABLY BOTH THE SIZE OF
“ TOM THUMB”
Please don’t make me picture your “Button.”
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 3, 2018
...also don’t start a nuclear war, you “Buttonhead.” https://t.co/kfFvLkBMk4
TRUMP: So this button launches a nuclear warhead?
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) January 3, 2018
GEN. KELLY [handing him a Staples Easy! button with the word BOMB scrawled across it in Sharpie]: Absolutely
JESUS CHRIST ON A CROISSANT THIS IS NOT PRO WRESTLING YOU DISEASED FUCKING TESTICLE
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) January 3, 2018
THIS IS NUCLEAR WAR AND WINTER YOU ARE JOKING ABOUT
AHHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/IsPyWal652
Trump, at his desk with his finger over a giant red circle from a piece of a Twister mat: I swear to god I will press this giant button! https://t.co/6K0jYY2MJJ
— DL (@davelozo) January 3, 2018
When young men become old men, the best acquire wisdom: The wisdom to know when to teach and when to learn, when to speak and when to listen, when to lead and when to follow, when to fight and when to make peace. You are age without wisdom, old man. I hope I’m never like you. https://t.co/xNSj1rZoRv
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) January 3, 2018
I too have a button. I will outbutton any man
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) January 3, 2018
IT’S LITERALLY DAY 3 OF 2018 ARE YOU KIDDING ME https://t.co/pNOJDrXKgo
— ˗ˏˋ niki ˊˎ˗ (@NikiAlbon) January 3, 2018
Button measuring contest https://t.co/3dJWh5s262
— Stephen Smiley (@StephenSmiley) January 3, 2018
What if Donald Trump gets confused with the nuclear war button on his desk with the someone get me a Diet Coke button on his desk?
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) January 3, 2018
I remember when these fights were about hand size and not nuclear button size https://t.co/Ay8SkH4QLa
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 3, 2018
— BenCoin White LLC (@morningmoneyben) January 3, 2018
DID YOU GET THE DOUBLE MEANING THERE
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) January 3, 2018
WHEN I SAY BUTTON I'M ACTUALLY REFERRING TO SOMETHING ELSE
SOMETHING THAT ISN'T A BUTTON
IN MY PANTS
IT'S MY GENITALS (PENIS) https://t.co/eNL2QEgary
Others, however, saw the serious nature of Trump’s post, which they said could be interpreted as a threat of nuclear war:
Trump just tweeted that he has a bigger nuclear weapon button than North Korea. We might just be doomed. He’s tweeting about nuclear war like it’s a PlayStation Game.
— deray (@deray) January 3, 2018
Most years are 365 days; some are 366. This one’ll be about four, probably? It’s been a good run! https://t.co/9JLfKQdMs0
— Scott Aukerman (@ScottAukerman) January 3, 2018
This is not a game. This is not a reality show. This is a clear and present danger. We should all be deeply worried by this new tweet. https://t.co/54ZKcneoUT
— Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) January 3, 2018
Having a president like Trump who brags “Mine is bigger than yours” to overcome an apparent fear of impotence and emasculation would be merely pathetic if it didn’t risk nuclear war. Hate to say it, but @realDonaldTrump is a danger to civilization. https://t.co/4Fb708t9Is
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 3, 2018
The president of the United States is openly threatening nuclear war. https://t.co/bVKLETWqh7
— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) January 3, 2018
This tweet is worrisome https://t.co/kDZSkerlYK
— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) January 3, 2018
I've read Un's New Years statement... I think it's official, our leader is the more unstable one. In Un's New Year's statement there was a sliver of hope for talks. A tiny olive branch was hidden deep within his rhetoric and Trump just shit all over it. #Impeach https://t.co/45emRWMtNz
— Sara Rue (@SARARUEFORREAL) January 3, 2018
1) Mocking those who are starving
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) January 3, 2018
2) Threatening nuclear war
3) Pretending it matters who has the bigger nuke in a nuclear war
If our democracy means anything, Congress must enforce a stop to these threats. https://t.co/IMzde8eFmo
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