Author Stephen King, seen here at the Morgan Library & Museum on February 9, 2009 in New York City, took aim at the president's new tax proposal. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Sep 29, 2017
Acclaimed author Stephen King had a blistering retort to Donald Trump's newly unveiled tax plan, writing on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon that the president "couldn't give Shit One about" workers.
The proposal's been dubbed a "love note to the wealthy," as it includes cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent and getting rid of the estate tax, and, counter to Trump's claims, suggests no boon to the middle class but does stand to personally benefit Trump by over $1 billion.
A day after the plan was unveiled, the horror genre master tweeted:
\u201cTrump's no friend of the working man. If you're working for wages, brothers and sisters, he couldn't give Shit One about you.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1506619098
\u201cCheck his tax plan. Same old same old. The fat man's busy dancing while the poor man pays the band.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1506619228
King has been an outspoken critic of Trump, warning about a presidency under "The Donald" even before he moved into the White House.
King has also frequently used Twitter as a platform to deliver such criticisms, leading him to join the ranks of those blocked by Trump. (King, in turn, symbolically banned Trump from seeing his record-successful film It and his television thriller "Mr. Mercedes." "No clowns for you, Donald. Go float yourself," King tweeted.)
Among the barbs King's tweeted include calling Trump "unfit for office"; a "remarkable combination of unhinged and dumb as dirt"; and a "sexist oinker." Other zingers have included:
\u201cWith President Forrest Trump, every day is like a rancid box of chocolates. You never know what kind of shit you're going to get next.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1491945740
\u201cMy newest horror story: Once upon a time there was a man named Donald Trump, and he ran for president. Some people wanted him to win.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1477067849
\u201cIneptitude, thy name is Trump.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1502317540
\u201cCome on, chickenshit, if you're man enough to drop a mega-bomb on Afghanistan, you should be man enough to release your tax returns.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1492299931
\u201cBreaking News: Reliable sources reveal that Donald Trump is actually Cthulu. The absurd hairdo isn't absurd at all. It hides the tentacles.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1473713248
\u201cDonald Trump: There hasn't been a novelty act this annoying since Alvin and the Chipmunks.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1438884787
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Acclaimed author Stephen King had a blistering retort to Donald Trump's newly unveiled tax plan, writing on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon that the president "couldn't give Shit One about" workers.
The proposal's been dubbed a "love note to the wealthy," as it includes cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent and getting rid of the estate tax, and, counter to Trump's claims, suggests no boon to the middle class but does stand to personally benefit Trump by over $1 billion.
A day after the plan was unveiled, the horror genre master tweeted:
\u201cTrump's no friend of the working man. If you're working for wages, brothers and sisters, he couldn't give Shit One about you.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1506619098
\u201cCheck his tax plan. Same old same old. The fat man's busy dancing while the poor man pays the band.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1506619228
King has been an outspoken critic of Trump, warning about a presidency under "The Donald" even before he moved into the White House.
King has also frequently used Twitter as a platform to deliver such criticisms, leading him to join the ranks of those blocked by Trump. (King, in turn, symbolically banned Trump from seeing his record-successful film It and his television thriller "Mr. Mercedes." "No clowns for you, Donald. Go float yourself," King tweeted.)
Among the barbs King's tweeted include calling Trump "unfit for office"; a "remarkable combination of unhinged and dumb as dirt"; and a "sexist oinker." Other zingers have included:
\u201cWith President Forrest Trump, every day is like a rancid box of chocolates. You never know what kind of shit you're going to get next.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1491945740
\u201cMy newest horror story: Once upon a time there was a man named Donald Trump, and he ran for president. Some people wanted him to win.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1477067849
\u201cIneptitude, thy name is Trump.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1502317540
\u201cCome on, chickenshit, if you're man enough to drop a mega-bomb on Afghanistan, you should be man enough to release your tax returns.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1492299931
\u201cBreaking News: Reliable sources reveal that Donald Trump is actually Cthulu. The absurd hairdo isn't absurd at all. It hides the tentacles.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1473713248
\u201cDonald Trump: There hasn't been a novelty act this annoying since Alvin and the Chipmunks.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1438884787
Acclaimed author Stephen King had a blistering retort to Donald Trump's newly unveiled tax plan, writing on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon that the president "couldn't give Shit One about" workers.
The proposal's been dubbed a "love note to the wealthy," as it includes cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent and getting rid of the estate tax, and, counter to Trump's claims, suggests no boon to the middle class but does stand to personally benefit Trump by over $1 billion.
A day after the plan was unveiled, the horror genre master tweeted:
\u201cTrump's no friend of the working man. If you're working for wages, brothers and sisters, he couldn't give Shit One about you.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1506619098
\u201cCheck his tax plan. Same old same old. The fat man's busy dancing while the poor man pays the band.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1506619228
King has been an outspoken critic of Trump, warning about a presidency under "The Donald" even before he moved into the White House.
King has also frequently used Twitter as a platform to deliver such criticisms, leading him to join the ranks of those blocked by Trump. (King, in turn, symbolically banned Trump from seeing his record-successful film It and his television thriller "Mr. Mercedes." "No clowns for you, Donald. Go float yourself," King tweeted.)
Among the barbs King's tweeted include calling Trump "unfit for office"; a "remarkable combination of unhinged and dumb as dirt"; and a "sexist oinker." Other zingers have included:
\u201cWith President Forrest Trump, every day is like a rancid box of chocolates. You never know what kind of shit you're going to get next.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1491945740
\u201cMy newest horror story: Once upon a time there was a man named Donald Trump, and he ran for president. Some people wanted him to win.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1477067849
\u201cIneptitude, thy name is Trump.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1502317540
\u201cCome on, chickenshit, if you're man enough to drop a mega-bomb on Afghanistan, you should be man enough to release your tax returns.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1492299931
\u201cBreaking News: Reliable sources reveal that Donald Trump is actually Cthulu. The absurd hairdo isn't absurd at all. It hides the tentacles.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1473713248
\u201cDonald Trump: There hasn't been a novelty act this annoying since Alvin and the Chipmunks.\u201d— Stephen King (@Stephen King) 1438884787
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