I don’t know if you have noticed this, but ever since Trump has had a Twitter account (March 2009), he has tweeted over 36K times. That is A LOT of tweeting. According to my math, that pounds out to more than ten tweets a day on average. And we all know that, sometimes, Trump’s tweets can be really fantastic. Epic even. On the other hand, many times, his tweets can be a little… well… inadvisable.

But is one of his newest tweets (issued the afternoon of January 2nd) both epic and inadvisable at the same time?

Here’s the tweet, in all its questionable glory.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018

Is the tweet presidential? Eh, not quite. It’s indecorous, but that’s not saying much. There were many times when Obama was indecorous to the extent that his words and behaviors were unbecoming of the presidency. But the real question here is: did Obama ever blatantly talk smack about a psycho dictator who had nuclear capability?

Okay, so the whole “let’s publicly trash a nuke-holding psycho dictator” thing might be unique to Trump. And it’s not just unique to Trump, but new to us altogether. I don’t think we’ve ever quite experienced a situation like the one we’re in with North Korea, where two heads of state are heatedly and publicly bickering and the younger of the two heads is pants-on-head insane. Granted, we’re not at all inexperienced with nuclear threats; we endured the Cold War. But even then, the leaders involved weren’t nearly as unhinged as Kim Jong-un or as *ahem* candid as Trump.

And that’s what people are freaking out about. They’re scared Trump’s smack talk will make Kim, a wannabe demigod, transform from a big-talking nutjob into a suicidal nutjob.

After seeing Trump’s tweet, people were eager to share their thoughts on whether Trump’s tweets will launch all of us into nuclear winter:

.@realDonaldTrump of 2017: "I'm the most unhinged, mentally unstable, dangerous crackpot who has ever occupied the White House."@realDonaldTrump of 2018: "Hold my beer."#nuclearbutton#NorthKorea

— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) January 3, 2018

https://twitter.com/vicsepulveda/status/948395628941295616

I called my Senator and asked if this is enough to invoke the 25th and if not, what is. Call yours at 202-224-3121 now. Leave a message, ask the question. #lastword #Nuclearbutton pic.twitter.com/Jqn0sCfjiD

— OurFutureInJeopardy (@Graciem30) January 3, 2018

Nuclear war is not a joke and a deranged psychopath with the nuclear codes is a tragedy in the making. #ThisIsNotNormal #25thAmendment #ImpeachTrump @realDonaldTrump #NuclearButton #NuclearWar @SenateGOP @HouseGOP pic.twitter.com/V8xhUyyChA

— Sydney Chandler (@syds180turn) January 3, 2018

https://twitter.com/PicsFoodTravel/status/948438933079240704

#NuclearButton

This picture says it all…. pic.twitter.com/nO5uGzldiU

— The Invisible Man (@invisibleman_17) January 3, 2018

Certain major outlets like CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, HuffPo, and Politico ran anxious headline stories related to the tweet. On the whole, they think the tweet will only lead to more tension and turmoil.

So… are people right to be worried? Was Trump’s tweet a bad idea in terms of our current tensions with North Korea and Rocketman?

We, of course, have no way of knowing for sure right now. People are understandably worried about the intense exchange between the two figureheads. Kim is not mentally stable. No one would be stable if they spent time inside his mind. His own people are so malnourished that they’re shorter on average than other ethnicities and have cataracts and other health problems en masse… and yet, they worship Kim as a god. You know there has to be some serious cognitive dissonance going on in Kim’s brain because of stuff like that. And you can be sure he’s been taught some wild, outlandish things about himself and his family. It’s no wonder he’s nuts. And it freaks me out too that he has nuclear capability.

So, should we all vouch for Trump erring on the side of caution when publicly talking to- or about- the dictator?

Or should we cheer Trump’s tweet as a needed humbling of Kim Jong-un? I mean, I’ll say that it is satisfying to see Trump stand up to someone who has helped create, for upwards of 25 million people, a living situation that rivals Jewish ghettos and concentration camps in wartime Nazi Germany.

Trump’s not the type to bite his tongue. And in certain situations, I’m glad of that. Sometimes, we need to insert something other than bureaucratic process, sanctions, and the like into discourse surrounding troubled foreign policy. Sometimes, we need to stand up and fight back against a bully. And Kim Jong-un is so much worse than a bully.

But the problem is that Kim’s also a madman, and it’s hard to talk to a madman. You have to be cautious when doing so, or the madman might run at you and he might have a weapon.

I suppose time will tell whether the right path was either walking on eggshells or smack-talking an insane bully.

Until then, though, can I just say that I think Trump’s tweet is hysterical?

The thing about comedy is that, the more unexpected the humor is, the funnier it is. We expect presidents to act in presidential ways. Trump continually defies such expectations. One reason he is able to constantly draw attention to himself is because he does some intensely indecorous things while filling the most decorated position in the free world. And sometimes, as in the case of this tweet, that incongruity between his actions and our expectations of his actions is just… well… enjoyable. No one expects a US president to just so completely embarrass a jerk like Kim Jong-un on a national stage.

But Trump did. And it was artful. Trump may not be so good at making friends, but he’s a master of making certain people look idiotic.

I hope some North Koreans saw the tweet. That’s just what North Koreans need: to think of their glorious leader as an idiot.

Let’s just hope there aren’t scary repercussions.

What do you think of Trump’s tweet? Leave a comment below!