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Trump Is Losing It Twitter Over His Stupid Wall — Then Retweets Pres. Obama

Donald Trump is back from his shame trip to visit the troops in Iraq and has hit Twitter to complain about not getting his racism wall.

Trump used a years-old tweet from his predecessor, former President Obama, as part of his push to persuade members of Congress to support his plans for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

As the government shutdown neared its first full week, Trump tweeted Thursday that he “totally agree[s]” with a tweet from Obama calling on the U.S. to solve the crisis of illegal immigration on its southern border.

The original tweet from Obama’s account, sent in 2011, occurred during the former president’s state of the union speech that January during which the Democratic president called on a then-GOP majority Congress to work with Democrats to reform America’s immigration system.

“I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration. And I am prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows,” Obama said during that speech.

“I know that debate will be difficult. I know it will take time. But tonight, let’s agree to make that effort. And let’s stop expelling talented, responsible young people who could be staffing our research labs or starting a new business, who could be further enriching this nation,” he continued.

The Obama administration and GOP-led Congress ultimately failed to reach a deal on immigration reform despite a bipartisan effort from eight senators known as the Gang of Eight to produce a compromise immigration bill that would be acceptable to both parties.

But that wasn’t it. Trump sent 5 other tweets today, all somehow connected to his wall.

Twitter called him out over his Obama retweet:

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