X the known
A BBC News report on the hacking of Donald Trump Jr's X account, with its ensuing joviality, gave hope that Auntie Beeb had moved on from the rebranding; X was mentioned twice in the absence of its former identity. Alas, it was not to be, and X, formerly Twitter
finally made its appearance at the third instance, two-thirds of the way in.
Nevertheless, we did get this little gem:
Truth Social was founded by the former president after his X account was suspended in 2021 due to the risk of incitement of violence. It was later reinstated last November.
Marita Moloney, BBC News
No, Marita, The Donald's X account was not suspended in 2021, because that predated Elon Musk's ownership and the rebranding; it was his Twitter account that was suspended. Do keep up!
Among the announcements issued from the hacked account were: the Don's demise, and his son's decision to run for Prez2024 in his place; that North Korea was about to get smoked
; and a racial slur [directed] at President Joe Biden
. I'd love to know what it was! [insert FJB emoji]
Most outlets were as coy as the BBC about the epithet aimed at 'Pa Joe. ABC was somewhat more forthcoming though.
Another tweet pinned to the top of his page lobbed a racial slur at President Joe Biden, saying “F--- @JoeBiden Stupid A—N----.”
Jackson Walker, ABC News
But a little digging led to Snopes' assessment of the story, which delivered the goods with a screen capture of the offending Tweets, or whateverthehell they're called now.
So, there we have it: 'Pa Joe's a stupid ass nigga. As if we didn't all know that already. (shrug)
And, simply because it's funny:
