Donald Trump’s war of words with evangelical magazine Christianity Today became an amusing alien meme after the president appeared to incorrectly abbreviate the publication to the initials “ET” in a tweet.
Trump claimed in a Twitter rant on Friday he “won’t be reading ET again” after the magazine called for his removal from office in an editorial that went viral.
A far left magazine, or very “progressive,” as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn’t been involved with the Billy Graham family for many years, Christianity Today, knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2019
….have a Radical Left nonbeliever, who wants to take your religion & your guns, than Donald Trump as your President. No President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it’s not even close. You’ll not get anything from those Dems on stage. I won’t be reading ET again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2019
Tweeters responded with mocking images and gifs of the animatronic star of Steven Spielberg’s hit 1982 movie “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.”
“ET?… Now we know why you created Space Force,” wrote one person.
Added another: “Donald Trump is a #FakeChristian who can’t figure out if he’s attacking evangelical leaders, or ET the extraterrestrial, or Entertainment Tonight.”
The funniest thing about this tweet is that it implies that, until this editorial, Trump was holed up in the White House, thoughtfully digesting Christianity Today as a loyal reader. So loyal, in fact, that he called it “ET” for short, which makes no sense. https://t.co/Xoz3wPfAP7
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) December 20, 2019
Did you just make a typo with TWO letters!? I’m sure Entertainment Tonight is crushed.
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) December 20, 2019
Trump frequently confuses Christianity Today with Entertainment Tonight. It’s why he worships Kim Kardashian.
— Geoff Garin (@geoffgarin) December 20, 2019
My theory is it’s not a typo.
He thinks the magazine he’s threatening to never read “again” is called “Evangelicals Today”
— Zack Hunt (@ZaackHunt) December 20, 2019
Trump doesn’t read the Bible, doesn’t go to church, doesn’t act or think like a Christian, and doesn’t read CT – but he has seen ET. https://t.co/ZJg4qd4dfR
— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) December 20, 2019
Not many people know this, but regular readers of Christianity Today — like President Two Corinthians here — like to call it “ET” for short. pic.twitter.com/ezlSv9LkRx
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 20, 2019
Donald Trump is a #FakeChristian who can’t figure out if he’s attacking evangelical leaders, or ET the extraterrestrial, or Entertainment Tonight.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) December 20, 2019
