TWEET OF THE WEEK: Donald J Zuma
America is about to get a taste of the demagoguery to which SA has already become accustomed, writes Gareth van Onselen
Welcome to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion. This week the Tweet of the Week goes to @realDonaldTrump for: "Meryl Streep, one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood, doesn’t know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a....."Profile: Donald J Trump is the president-elect of the United States of America. He has some 19.6-million followers on Twitter. Citation: After actress Meryl Streep delivered what was wildly heralded as a "brave" speech attacking Donald Trump at this year’s Golden Globe awards, Trump responded, as is his wont, with a series of juvenile tweets, of which the first is this week’s Tweet of the Week. The second instalment, following on from the first above, read: "Hillary flunky who lost big. For ...
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