It’s the middle of the workday in Washington, DC so you’d probably expect our “president” to be working hard for our nation, right?

WRONG.

Donald Trump is on Twitter, retweeting ridiculous claims, this one from far-right conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Kirk tweeted, “There are riots in socialist France because of radical leftist fuel taxes. Media barely mentioning this. America is booming, Europe is burning. They want to cover up the middle class rebellion against cultural Marxism. “We want Trump” being chanted through the streets of Paris.”

Just to be clear, none of this is true, and it’s incredibly irresponsible for Trump to have retweeted it.

Kirk’s information about crowd chants seems to come from an article Rush Limbaugh wrote on iHeart Radio Monday, which claims that friends told him that protestor are asking for Trump.

The protestors denounced the tax on natural gas and electricity while also calling for a higher minimum wage. The protesters also expressed complaints that French President Emmanuel Macron was out of touch with his citizens.

Twitter had some thoughts:

Lies being re-tweeted by the President: Europe is obviously not burning, and “we want Trump” is not being chanted through the streets of Paris. Also, the fuel taxes are not radical leftist and France is not socialist. Any other lies? pic.twitter.com/fOZSvAPMYW

— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) December 4, 2018

NARRATOR: People were not chanting "we want Trump" in the streets of Paris pic.twitter.com/dlek0GfqpE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 4, 2018

This is what demented @RealDonaldTrump just retweeted. A very Third Reichian tweet designed to delude the #MAGAts even further with egregious lies. Donald Trump is a danger to the country and must be removed. #AnnulTrumpPresidency #ImpeachTrumpTODAY https://t.co/uQjZSd2M1g

— Lesley Abravanel (@lesleyabravanel) December 4, 2018

They are not chanting "we want Trump" and this is not a revolt against a Marxist platform (which it is not). This is a bold faced lie. And @realDonaldTrump is retweeting only because his name is mentioned.#ImpeachTrump #25thAmendmentNow https://t.co/ss2GAznjFB

— Lasris 2020 (@Lasris2020) December 4, 2018

Finally we know why the French are rioting in Paris. Because they want Trump! Why oh why is the media not mentioning this?
POTUS just retweeted this important info: https://t.co/CJl6VVDUEu

— Sebastian Smith (@SebastianAFP) December 4, 2018

Unbelievably crass comments. Media IS fully reporting on this. Europe IS not burning. No chanting for Trump ANYWHERE in Europe. Pathetic of Charlie Kirk for suggesting such things and even more pathetic of Trump for retweeting

— Chris Kraushaar (@chrisk195868) December 4, 2018

So absolutely disgusting that Trump just retweeted Charlie Kirk. The fakest intellectual of them all.

Literally a fascist. There are conservatives protesting in France too. Just shows how the fascist are weaponizing language https://t.co/wWXOOhW1Vd

— American Psychosis (@VinceBotJr) December 4, 2018