One year ago, Daily Wire contributor Harry Khachatrian started a trend when he responded to a tweet by Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra.
On January 16, 208, CNN’s Jim Acosta whined in a tweet about President Trump telling him to get “out” of the Oval Office,
When I tried to follow up on this in the Oval Office, Trump told me to get “out.” We then went to the Roosevelt Room where WH aides obstructed us from asking questions.
When I tried to follow up on this in the Oval Office, Trump told me to get "out." We then went to the Roosevelt Room where WH aides obstructed us from asking questions. https://t.co/vuEIv1jvso
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 16, 2018
Daily Wire reporter Ryan Saavedra responded:
“Good.
You’re not a reporter.”
Good.
You're not a reporter. https://t.co/pA7Tx7ycR1
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 16, 2018
Fellow Daily Wire reporter Harry Khachatrian responded to Saavedra’s tweet to CNN’s Jim Acosta by mocking his whiny tweets, like the ones where he complains about how “Trump’s tweets are extra mean.”
Kachatrian started out his tweet by saying: “dear diary, today Trump was extra mean”
Reading Jim Acosta’s “dear diary, today Trump was extra mean” tweets is always fun tbh
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) January 16, 2018
It wasn’t long before Trump supporters were retweeting every whiny tweet of CNN’s Jim Acosta and prefacing it with “Dear Diary”
Before Jim Acosta knew what hit him, Twitter users were retweeting every Trump tweet he put out that was critical of President Trump with, “Dear Diary” at the top.
It was the perfect way for Trump supporters to let Jim Acosta know they weren’t taking him seriously.
‘nontaster” picked up the “Dear diary” tag again in June, and it spread like wildfire:
Fun game: Try to preface any Jim Acosta tweet with the words “Dear diary,”
Fun game: Try to preface any Jim Acosta tweet with the words "Dear diary," https://t.co/zAFcfFD3eW
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) June 29, 2018
People were even suggesting starting a Jim Acosta Dear Diary Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/mstephenson837/status/1012838295603204096
This person responded to the “Dear diary” tags on Jim Acosta’s tweets by saying:
His posts ONLY make sense as the diary entries of a spoiled, self-centered child. Great observation!
His posts ONLY make sense as the diary entries of a spoiled, self-centered child. Great observation!
— I am nhprman. (@nhprman) June 30, 2018
Well, tonight, President Trump landed a knockout punch to the whiny #VeryFakeNewsCNN reporter Jim Acosta, when Acosta tweeted a video of himself at the border wall in McAllen, TX, where the President was visiting US Border and ICE agents.
Acosta did his best to convince everyone that he’s a serious journalist by proving that because no rapists or drug dealers were hopping the fence while his entire camera crew was there filming him, that the residents of McAllen must be safe, and therefore, no one in America needs a border wall.
President Trump brilliantly responded with two words:
“Dear Diary…”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083531644785455104
Twitter immediately lit up.
Conservative actor James Woods said it best though when he retweeted President Trump’s brilliant response to Acosta.
TROLL LEVEL: MASTER
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1083558485403430912
Here are just a few more responses to the President’s hilarious trolling of Jim Acosta:
EPIC! Best President EVER.
This is how you know the President has his ear to the ground. He knows what the people are saying. He listens. #BuildTheWall
— In Honor of President Trump (@steph93065) January 11, 2019
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/Lrihendry/status/1083536168497627136
And finally…
Jim gets roasted all 7 days out of the week. 🤣
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) January 11, 2019