My use of social media is not Scientific – it’s MODERN DAY SCIENTIFIC. Make Science Great Again!
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) July 2, 2017
Donald Trump’s Tweets have taken the world by storm, much like his controversial policies. Low on facts but high on adjectives, the President’s Tweets are anything but scientific. Well, this satirical novelty account managed to blend those two seemingly incompatible worlds — meet Donald Trump, PhD.
Promise Kept. #MakeScienceGreatAgain pic.twitter.com/ab4TxPS18a
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) February 2, 2017
Seriously, I lost it as soon as I saw this. If you don’t get the joke because of the “Bayesians,” I’m sorry — but Donald Trump, PhD, just doesn’t have the time to explain such simple concepts. He’s too busy being upset because his papers don’t get published. Fake journals!
.@sciencemagazine is a total joke – refuses to publish my papers. Like @nature they will soon be dead. Bad referees!
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) June 29, 2017
The FAKE JOURNALS are working so hard trying to get me not to use Preprints. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out.
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) June 6, 2017
It’s not just journals he’s taking a jab at — labs aren’t safe from the banter either.
Fermilab is a disaster. Neutrinos going through the sky- stars ready to explode. I will fix it. @RepBillFoster can't! #MakeScienceGreatAgain
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) June 29, 2017
The man is a modern Sisyphus. Scientific journals are all against him, labs work behind his back, crooked science has it up against him. But he’s not stopping!
The fact that reviewers all over the world are giving my manuscript terrible reviews is proof I did a GREAT study. All my students agree!
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) June 2, 2017
The best thing about this account is that most of the time, it references real events from Trump’s life and actual Tweets. Like for instance, how his golf resorts hanged a fake picture of him on the cover of Time magazine. Yes, that really happened, it happened so much that Time magazine itself called bs: “I can confirm that this is not a real Time cover,” Kerri Chyka, a spokeswoman for Time Inc, wrote in an email to The Washington Post.
But that’s just Trump. His alter, more educated ego, Trump PhD, is on the cover of other magazines.
Thank you to Science Magazine naming me "Scientist of the Year" – a great honor! Trump University labs must hang framed copy by Friday 5 pm. pic.twitter.com/f7WLXAnzRI
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) June 29, 2017
We also learned that only Trump’s inner research circle knows what’s up with covfefe. Seriously, these tweets are on point.
A small group of people in my lab knows exactly what covfefe means.
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) June 1, 2017
But even between members of the lab, trust is a scarce commodity.
It is my opinion that many of the press releases coming out of the Trump Lab are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeScienceNews media.
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) May 28, 2017
In the end, it would be really funny if it weren’t so sad. Actually, who am I kidding — it’s still funny, but it’s also sad. Coming from a scientist, these tweets would be laughable. The extremely rigorous standard that any published scientist faces finds itself in stark opposition to the baseless, misleading, and often factually incorrect statements politicians make with remarkable ease. Heck, any public person writing in this fashion would be the target of disdain. But we’ve somehow grown to accept them from the President of the United States. This is perhaps the saddest thing of all.
We’ll leave you with some of our favorite chirps from Donald Trump, PhD. If while reading this you start to feel that it’s, you know, kind of silly — well, that’s because it is. I’ll let you figure out what that means.
If the people of our great country could only see how viciously & inaccurately scientists that look like me are covered by certain journals! https://t.co/O8W8GcTlbQ
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) May 24, 2017
Illegal chocolate is pouring into this country. That's why Hershey Foods & Mars Inc. endorsed me. #BigLeagueTruth https://t.co/4Mxgc05TFZ
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) May 20, 2017
No Scientist is history has been treated worse or more unfairly than me.
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) May 17, 2017
I have been asking Prof. Comey & others, from the beginning of my tenure as Dean, to find the LEAKERS in the scientific community…..
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) May 16, 2017
My collaborators from @broadinstitute have nothing to worry about. I DID NOT REVEAL NEW METHOD FOR SPACER INSERTION TO @UCBerkeley PROVOST!
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) May 15, 2017
We’ll close things off with a proper reference.
Trump et al.
— Donald J. Trump, Ph.D. (@ScientistTrump) May 13, 2017
