The president of the United States may have just sparked World War III today. For real. The whole thing started New Years day as a multitude of Iraqi protesters stormed the US embassy in Baghdad after a US airstrike on Khatib Hezbollah. After closely monitoring the situation on Twitter from his golf course in Florida, president Trump quickly vowed that any aggression against the US embassy would be result in yuuuge consequences.
Fast forward 48 hours and Friday morning and news broke that president Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian leader and Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad on Thursday night in retaliation for Iran’s alleged role at the Baghdad embassy. For context, this would be the equivalent of Iran murdering the US secretary of State.
What makes this extra juicy is that according to a story from the Intercept, just four years ago as a candidate, Donald Trump did not even know who Qasem Soleimani was. An now he’s murdered him.
Considering that the first World War was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, many are now wondering whether or not president Trump, with all his tweeting and order of assassination has set the third world war in motion. Maybe Drake was right after all when he said “trigger fingers turn to twitter fingers.”
Naturally the masses have been congregating today on Twitter as the prospect of World War III looms. As you can guess, people have lots of thoughts. Here are some of the best reactions from the Twitterverse this morning:
me laughing at me when I#WWIII memes actually get
drafted pic.twitter.com/LstRM97d6K— Formal Fan (@formalfightfan) January 3, 2020
The army: Pull up those Call of Duty stats and get recruiting. for #WWIII.
COD Players fighting for their country: pic.twitter.com/Ka1689Qa48
— Never need a bitch, I’m what a bitch needs (@Quotemeorelse) January 3, 2020
Me after the recruiters leave my house thinking im injured#WWIII pic.twitter.com/AtRq64dQ1e
— Mike_C07 (@MikeTheFreak3) January 3, 2020
Me and my boys when we in Iran and run out of ammo and have to make our own redneck shit #WWIII pic.twitter.com/t7Qeb32SKD
— kc (@frofrosagginsxx) January 3, 2020
me: advocating for women’s rights and equality #WWIII:
me: actually i think i’d make a great housewife pic.twitter.com/1KM5sxC7Lo— ash ◡̈ (@lavenderfeeIs) January 3, 2020
Me trying to explain to the recruiter why I can’t serve #WWIII pic.twitter.com/ScYAezvfiC
— MonsterAmongMen (@UefaBlicence89) January 3, 2020
Me walking into prison after I get drafted to #WWIII and refused to go. pic.twitter.com/Wl2C1KF2iH
— Bellow (@Specific_theatr) January 3, 2020
Me having no fucking idea what I’m doing in #WWIII pic.twitter.com/r1DUCgvLvq
— S🤘🏽 (@saiflowwwkeyyy) January 3, 2020
Me seeing my friends in hell after we all get killed by a nuclear invasion #WWIII pic.twitter.com/Rwxg5MYZBG
— S (@demsocialism123) January 3, 2020
Rolling through WW3 and the car in front gets bombed instead of yours #WWIII pic.twitter.com/ufKuTay36N
— Ryan (@ryan_aksit) January 3, 2020
When they ask me to drive the tank and I see that bitch who unfollowed me in the barracks #WWIII
— PinkBootz (@TrixTunes) January 3, 2020
Fortnite kids during #WWIII pic.twitter.com/4FgN1noQcX
— ItzDakz (@vDakinv) January 3, 2020
Me when the Commander wakes my ass up for the first day of boot camp #WWIII pic.twitter.com/956MCl4efv
— SEF (@sefitz1993) January 3, 2020
But of course, the best Tweet on the matter is from president Trump himself. They say “there’s a tweet for everything,” and in this case, there are several.
In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2011
@BarackObama will attack Iran in order to get re-elected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2012
@BarackObama will attack Iran in order to get re-elected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2012
@BarackObama will attack Iran in order to get re-elected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2012
See you all in the trenches!
