J.K. Rowling mocks Trump with sarcasm: His Twitter rant is study of quiet strength
Sometimes, it’s heard to read sarcasm on Twitter. This is not one of those times.
Last week, J.K. Rowling wrote: “Twitter really is an amazing resource for a writer,” alongside an image of President Trump’s recent tweets. “These screen caps will be a useful reference should I need to create a character of quiet strength, facing his tribulations calmly, fortified by his clear conscience,” she said. Obviously, she was joking. The five Trump tweets she referred to were all sent within a one-hour window about “Leakin’ Lyin’ James Comey”, “Crooked Hillary”, and claims of a “Witch Hunt” and DNC corruption.
Rowling’s followers replied to her post, calling her “the best at snark”, and saying that Trump “Would give [cruel Harry Potter professor Dolores Umbridge] a run for her money”. One Rowling fan wrote: “best of it is, if you’d written a character like that, everyone would roll their eyes and say it was a bit of a stretch.”
The British author has long been a critic of the American president, often without any subtlety. In July, she replied to Trump’s now-deleted tweet about having written “many best-selling books” and defending his grammatically incorrect capitalisation rules, with lines of “hahahahahahaha” over multiple tweets. Finally, she wrote: “Seriously, @realDonaldTrump is the Gratest Writer on earth.”
That, too, was sarcasm.