From RT.com….
Twitter quietly scaled back their “explanation” of why Jimmy Carter was trending, having heavily editorialized about the 39th US president after the 45th president’s son brought him up to slam the current White House resident.
“Biden isn’t the next FDR he’s the next Jimmy Carter,” Donald Trump Junior tweeted on Friday afternoon. Angry Democrats quickly swarmed to defend Carter and denounce Trump’s father, pushing the Georgia Democrat’s name to trend.
It was at this point that Twitter chose to explain the trend by saying “people are confused” about Trump Jr’s comparison, “given that former president Carter is a Nobel Peace Prize winner whose humanitarian record is largely respected.”
"People are confused…" pic.twitter.com/SxNbY4peyi
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) May 7, 2021
This kind of editorializing quickly attracted attention by itself, with conservative-leaning users pointing out that Carter’s presidency (1977-1981) was “synonymous with energy shortages, stagflation, weakness against foreign enemies, and a general sense of impending doom.”
