Jeff Flake Responds to the Japanese Prime Minister’s Tweet

Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) had leaders of two different countries share tweets that attacked him today — but he took it in stride.

This morning, President Donald Trump took to Twitter, as he does nearly every morning, to air out his grievances through tweets; today’s tweets included one about the junior senator from Arizona:

How could Jeff Flake, who is setting record low polling numbers in Arizona and was therefore humiliatingly forced out of his own Senate seat without even a fight (and who doesn’t have a clue), think about running for office, even a lower one, again? Let’s face it, he’s a Flake!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2018

Twelve minutes later, he followed up with a tweet about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the White House:

Looking forward to seeing my friend Prime Minister @AbeShinzo of Japan at noon. Will be discussing North Korea and Trade.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2018

Prime Minister Abe then posted a now-deleted tweet that quote-tweeted Trump’s Flake tweet with “I too look forward to having fruitful talks with my great friend President @realDonaldTrump as always.”

It appears as though the Japanese prime minister meant to quote-tweet the tweet about his meeting with Trump; he deleted the quote-tweet and replied directly to the Trump tweet about their upcoming meeting:

I too look forward to having fruitful talks with my great friend President @realDonaldTrump as always

— 安倍晋三 (@AbeShinzo) June 7, 2018

Flake is no stranger to being criticized by the leader of a country, as he has been the target of several of Trump’s angry tweets now. Fortunately, Flake had the perfect lighthearted response to the prime minister accidentally sharing a negative tweet about him:

Et tu, Abe? https://t.co/HDsjWXeq2D

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) June 7, 2018

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