Don't Look Now, but Meltzer Is A Krassenstein

Dave's set his sights on the President
Photo via @ObserverQuotes

The Donald Trump presidency has been unique for several reasons, the most prominent being that he is the first President to treat social media as his own speaking box in a way that more resembles someone like Tomi Lahren or Charlie Kirk rather than the bog standard politician uses for it. Of course, Twitter has only been around for two sitting Presidents to really explore, Trump and Barack Obama. While it was created during the George W. Bush administration, he didn't really use it the way Obama did or especially not the way Trump is currently.

Of course, using the platform to spew exaggerations, propaganda, and outright lies to further his evil agendas will invite people to reply to him to tell him how wrong he is. The Reply Guy is exactly what the name says it is, and usually, it's reserved for incredibly horny men just never letting a tweet from an attractive woman go by without putting his two cents in, but more and more, Trump has bred a new strain, the professional tweeter who does nothing but reply to his inane shit. The Krassenstein Brothers, Eugene Gu, Tony Posnanski, and several others have taken to replying to Trump tweets to, in vain, tell him he's an idiot. As of last week, a new entrant dove into the fray, and his name is Dave Meltzer:

We elected a guy president who knows astronomy not quite at the level of my son when he turned 4.

— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) June 7, 2019

Meltzer is known for a lot of things: journalist, historian, critic, rape apologist, member of the New Japan and All Elite Wrestling payrolls. Now he can add Trump Reply Guy to his resume.

Of course, Meltzer is not wrong here. Obviously, facts and knowledge have never been Trump's strong suit, but that's not the point here. The implications of Meltzer joining the Krassensteins et al. are staggering. Will Meltzer, who is about as Hillary Man as you can get in pro wrestling, fully embrace his new calling? He's not above serially calling people out, as his Twitter account is 90 percent him quote-tweeting people who try to call him out on his shit. The wrestling angle here is palpable as well, as Trump is a WWE Hall of Famer. Meltzer has been growing sassier and sassier on social media regarding WWE's Saudi deal (and rightfully so). Maybe he's just too pure for the world of wrestling journalism, which seems to have devolved into a primitive state of reporting on every action Sasha Banks makes on social media. I, for one, wouldn't be sad to see him veer onto that path, to be honest.