And it's come to this

Military cocktail

Tweeted by @LockheedMartiniFollowing his takeover of Twitter, the space cadet announced paid-for account verification. The blue check brigade lost its collective shit—it's a thing that losers on Twitter are wont to do. But it didn't take others too long to seize the opportunity for some major-league trolling.

One fake account announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation, the aerospace and armaments manufacturer, would suspend all business dealings with Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United States—the last of which, at least, being an interesting move for an American company. The most amusing part of this little jape is the account name: @LockheedMartini.

Apparently, the stock market was shaken, but not stirred.

BA-BOOM-TSCH!


Excited claims that this, and other parodies, cost the companies involved mucho dinero in stock market devaluation are likely bullshit.