Actor and comedian John Cleese caused a stir today on X (Twitter) when, in an attempt to dump on Trump, he sang the praises of Hitler. His controversial tweet upset conservative X (Twitter), with resulting hilarity.
Cleese, best known for his performances in the Monty Python skits and the British TV comedy Fawlty Towers, had previously railed against cancel culture following the cancellation of one of the Fawlty Towers episodes over the use of words regarded as offensive by some.
Cleese tweeted today on X:
“Five ways that Hitler was preferable to Trump
1. He fought for his country
2. He never used a teleprompter
3. He was nice to dogs
4. He wrote his own books
5. He never played golf
6. He wasn’t a big fat slob
Five ways Trump is preferable to Hitler
1. He doesn’t practice genocide
2. He has nicer hair
3.
4.
5.”
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Cleese’s tweet prompted outrage from conservative X (Twitter). Joe Concha, the Fox News contributor, and opinion columnist at The Messenger and author tweeted: “Dumbest, most tone-deaf and deranged post of the year goes to…”
But Concha wasn’t the only one to have his jimmies rustled. X user Yakov Merkin tweeted: “Ok grandpa, it’s time to go to bed”
Andrew the Millwright tweeted: “So you prefer Hitler to Trump?” to which Cleese responded with: “I should have thought that was obvious to any idiot. If not to anyone else…”
Dark Rum with Coke posted: “John, I love you and your volumes of work, but disappointed in this tweet. It’s low hanging fruit and something a 15 yr old keyboard warrior would write not one of the greatest comedic minds of the past 100 years.” to which Cleese responded:
“Some people thought it was very funny
But they have a sense of context
Easily solved.
Just don’t follow me any more”
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Conservative X user Tiffany 𝕏 posted: “Wow, these people are so sick with TDS they’re willing to praise Hitler who murdered 6 million Jews. What happened to the Democratic Party? @DNC”
Is this lady aware that Cleese is a Brit, living in Britain?
Another X user Wiley Coyote posted: “Maybe celebrities should stick to acting. Once I see things like this, I’m done watching anything they do.”
That may be one solution, though one wonders whether Wiley Coyote is aware that comedy is what Cleese is known for. Another solution of course is for everyone to just grow a sense of humour.
The irony of the whole debacle is that Cleese may just have gone too far with his Trump Derangement Syndrome outburst. In his zeal to dump on Trump, he may have offended the one group no one dares offend – let’s just say, for Cleese’s sake, that the ADL doesn’t see his tweet.
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John you are capable of better.
He had a great fashion sense.
He gave high energy speeches.
He was an automotive enthusiast.
He liked to visit foreign countries.
He painted postcards.
Etc.
His TDS is showing again.
It’s so disappointing to see Cleese, who was a great comedian and vehemently against cancel culture, become a lock stepping deranged leftist-pleaser with awful takes.