This Twitter Fight Between Donald Trump And A ‘Modern Family’ Writer Is Still Hilarious Two Years Later
By Jacob Geers
A 2013 Twitter exchange between Media Mogul Donald Trump and “Modern Family” writer Danny Zuker has resurfaced this week, but it remains just as hilarious two years later.
The exchange began in early April with the two trading barbs over Trump’s show, “Celebrity Apprentice:”
.@realDonaldTrump @ApprenticeNBC The only way you could be losing rating points faster is if you inherited them from your father.
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) April 29, 2013
.@realDonaldTrump @ApprenticeNBC Although last night your ratings were lower than CB Radio.
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) April 29, 2013
.@realDonaldTrump I've had failures. Not lose my inheritance go bankrupt a bunch of times & become a paid race baiting buffoon, But failures
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) April 29, 2013
The two lovers were reunited once more in a series of mid-May spats after Zuker played off a typical arrogant Trump tweet.
Your house has lots of mirrors? RT @realDonaldTrump I study cowards and stupid people.
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) May 24, 2013
Trump tried to rally with a zinger of his own, but it was a big fat flop.
.@realDonaldTrump Is this television pro the same one who helped you make a video for the RNC that was so awful even THEY wouldn't show it?
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) May 24, 2013
.@realDonaldTrump I just talked to an un named human decency pro and he said you were a narcissistic hateful uninformed ass clown.
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) May 24, 2013
And Trump tries to be funny again…
.@realDonaldTrump So your big comeback is "I have more money than you, na na na na na naaaah?" #Classy
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) May 24, 2013
No amount of Twitter-stalking could help me figure out what this “deal” was that Trump kept offering Zuker, but he was pretty obsessive about it…
.@realDonaldTrump Is there an alternate definition for "everyone" that I'm unaware of? Because consensus seems to be I made you my bitch?
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) May 25, 2013
@DannyZuker Come on Danny, are u afraid of the DEAL (be careful, I'm really good at deals).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2013
???
But the show had barely just begun. Danny was quick to react to this June 12th, 2013 tweet from The Donald regarding China, and it all started up again.
I've been warning about China since as early as the 80’s. No one wanted to listen. Now our country is in real trouble. #TimetoGetTough
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2013
.@realDonaldTrump You've always been tough on China, sir. Particularly the children who make your shitty clothes. pic.twitter.com/6dp2omL1hZ
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) June 12, 2013
.@realDonaldTrump It is adorable that you think you're winning this. Bless that area on your body where a heart should be!
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) June 12, 2013
Just tried watching Modern Family – written by a moron, really boring. Writer has the mind of a very dumb and backward child. Sorry Danny!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2013
.@realDonaldTrump Doesn't like the show I work on but then we've never tested well with the racist, hypocritical, multiple bankruptcy demo.
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) June 13, 2013
Some more potshots for Donald Trump’s birthday a few days later…
.@realDonaldTrump "Happy Birthday, Boss!" pic.twitter.com/G6ElSb8dKM
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) June 14, 2013
…while also poking fun at his tendency to retweet people by copying and pasting their comments in a new tweet, rather than, ya know, actually just retweeting them:
"You quoting me is the worst thing to ever happen to me" John F. Kennedy RT @realDonaldTrump "Change is the law of life." John F. Kennedy
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) June 21, 2013
But alas, nothing lasts forever.
Bye for now, @realDonaldTrump. I have a busy night of not grandstanding to put the wrong people to death in the Central Park Mugging case.
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) June 13, 2013
What makes this story the best, however, is the fact that this went viral again with the assumption that the arguments had happened this last past June and July! Ergo, Donald Trump has remained just as egocentric, arrogant, and unfunny over the course of the last two years. Good for you Donald, not being a flip-flopper!