Politics & Government
Did the Pentagon Just Throw Major Shade at Donald Trump?
A DoD tweet about mental illness is earning the newly sworn in president plenty of ridicule on social media.

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Park Service ran afoul of Donald Trump first, retweeting the now-infamous photos of the lackluster crowds on Inauguration Day. But now another government agency has tweeted something that really looks to some like major shade being thrown the president's way.
Just three days after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, the Department of Defense tweeted the following: "Social media postings sometimes provide an important window into a person’s #mentalhealth. Know what to look for."
The typical DoD tweet will usually get on the order of a few dozen or a few hundred favorites and retweets. That tweet, which was sent out at 8 a.m. on Monday, has been retweeted 14,000 times and favorited 22,000 times, along with 1,300+ replies.
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The tweet was perceived by Trump opponents as a snide dig by the Defense Department at Trump's well-earned reputation for incessant and often angry tweeting at his opponents.
The ridicule of Trump swiftly followed the tweet.
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@DeptofDefense me reading this knowing it's the ill Trump subtweet. pic.twitter.com/SsS3iAdVxm
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) January 23, 2017
@DeptofDefense pic.twitter.com/03Qu7easXn
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 23, 2017
@DeptofDefense pic.twitter.com/JZcZ6Gfgkt
— Michael Starrbury (@StarrburyMike) January 23, 2017
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