Donald Trump has been the subject of many critical comments over the years, but Cher quickly backtracked on sharing her thoughts immediately deleting a controversial tweet about the president after writing it.
The 73-year-old singer launched a Twitter rant yesterday following a statement from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who announced it was ‘not an option’ for his office to charge Trump with a crime following the release of his report about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
He explained his report did not exonerate Trump, and that legal guidelines prevent the indictment of a sitting president, though the lawyer did not rule out testifying in Congress.
In response to the statement, Cher took to social media to say she would ‘love’ to see Trump impeached and become a ‘toy boy’ in prison.
In the since-deleted tweet, she wrote:
Been Giving IMPEACHMENT MUCH Thought Throughout The Day,& I Would *love* 2 See trump Impeached,Brought 2 Trial, *locked* Up In *prison* & Toy Boy Of Big Bubba!!
My Delight In Seeing trump Run Out Of Town On a Rail, Is More Likely *heart* over *brain*. I WANT WHATS BEST 4 DEMOCRATS AND DEMOCRACY.
In the thread, the singer also labelled the POTUS a ‘liar’, a ‘racist’, a ‘criminal’ and a ‘traitor’, and accused him of ‘stealing money from the poor’.
Cher swiftly removed the ‘toy boy’ tweet and later claimed it was a ‘stupid joke’, though she made it clear she wasn’t sorry for her comments and stood by her belief Trump should be in jail.
A later tweet read:
This is Not Apology,It’s a Cher ‘wtf Moment’.Dont Usually Delete My Twts,But Sometimes I Need 2 Check Myself.What I Thought Of As Stupid Joke”On Paper”,Went 2 Far.Think trump Belongs In Jail,but Big Bubba Joke Was Wrong.If I Twt [sic],I Have a Responsibility. THERES IS A LINE NOT 2 *cross*
The 73-year-old also addressed claims the president had a warship carrying the name of the late Senator John McCain to be obscured during the Trump’s trip to Japan, writing the POTUS ‘can’t sink any lower’.
Cher tweeted:
OK,JUST WHEN YOU THINK trump CANT SINK ANY LOWER trump DIDNT WANT “USS JOHN McCAIN”IN HIS SIGHT WHILE HE WAS IN JAPAN..HE WENT SO FAR AS TO HAVE TARP THROWN OVER THE WAR HERO’S NAME.
I DID NOT SHARE JSM POLITICS,BUT I HAD”RESPECT” FOR HIM.HE WAS HERO.
trump HAS”HERO”ENVY.
The president denied any involvement in the alleged White House order to keep the warship hidden and defended himself on Twitter, writing:
I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan. Nevertheless, @FLOTUS and I loved being with our great Military Men and Women – what a spectacular job they do!
I wonder if there’ll ever be a day when Twitter isn’t overwhelmed with controversial tweets relating to the president? Probably not.
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