President Trump on Saturday swiped at NBC News personality Chuck Todd over his opinions on White House’s possible ties to Russia.
“When will Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd and @NBCNews start talking about the Obama SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL and stop with the Fake Trump/Russia story?” Trump wrote at 8:43 a.m.
“It is the same Fake News Media that said there is ‘no path to victory for Trump’ that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!” the president continued at 9:02 a.m.
Todd, the host of Meet the Press, said on MSNBC Friday that Trump seemed to be on the verge of a “temporary lame duck presidency.”
“The Russia cloud darkens all the time,” Todd said, adding that Trump’s problems are self-inflicted and that he is not feared by his fellow Republicans.
Apparently in reaction to Trump’s “Sleepy Eyes” taunt, Todd tweeted on Saturday morning that he feels wide awake.
“For those wondering, I slept well even tho I stayed up late watching the #msstate upset of UConn. #cowbell. Don’t feel sleepy at all though,” he tweeted at 10:08 a.m.
Three hours later, the President boosted his campaign for an Obamacare replacement with a pair of tweets that bashed a favorite media punching bag – as well as the Congressional Republicans who refused to get on board with his health-care bill last week.
“The failing @nytimes finally gets it,” Trump posted at 11:59 a.m. Then he quoted a column published by the paper on Friday, which said: “In places where no insurance company offers plans, there will be no way for ObamaCare customers to…use subsidies to buy health plans.”
“In other words, Ocare is dead,” Trump wrote.
“Good things will happen, however, either with Republicans or Dems,” he promised.
The tweets fixed on the fact that an increasing number of counties are unable to attract any insurance companies to any subsidized plans on the state or federal health-insurance exchanges.
Republicans say that proves the Democrats’ health-care scheme has entered an unsustainable “death spiral.”