Published 19:48 IST, December 25th 2019
Trump mocked as White House uses advent calendar to promote Hanukkah
Trump administration observed Hanukkah on Dec 22 at the White House and posted a trivia question on Twitter but ended up offending many people around the world.
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White House observed Hanukkah on December 22 and posted a trivia question on Twitter but ended up offending many people around the world. White House staffer asked a simple question about lighting the National Menorah by a US President but inserted a link of an advent calendar to find out. Since the advent calendar is associated with the Christian holiday of Christmas and has nothing to do with Hanukkah, the link was a blunder.
Netizens school staffers
Social media quickly noticed the error and schooled the Trump administration calling it sheer ‘incompetence’. “Hanukkah and Advent? Say what? And why, on the first night, are all the Menorah candles lit? Oh, I forgot, the White House is now filled with people who have no idea what they are doing. What's next? A creche with the baby Rudolph?” tweeted Pulitzer winner David Cay Johnston. “Everything he says to Jews is meant for Christians,” wrote another user. Take a look at other Twitter reactions:
Recently, Trump was mocked for his statement where he had claimed that there was no impeachment. Speaking at a student rally in Florida, Trump said, “They had nothing. There is no crime. There's no nothing. Even their people said that there was no crime. In fact, there's no impeachment. Their own lawyer said that there's no impeachment. What are we doing here? The world is watching.” Social media latched on to the baseless claims of ‘no impeachment’ since he was impeached by the Democrats-controlled House on two separate charges of abuse of power and obstruction to Congress. “if we're just going to go ahead and deny actual reality now, then can we just pretend he's not president,” tweeted a user.
Updated 19:48 IST, December 25th 2019