Social media mocks Trump for bragging about size of his nuclear button

Social media users were quick to mock President Trump after he boasted in a tweet Tuesday that he has a “much bigger” nuclear button than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times,’” Trump tweeted. “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!” 

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

Trump’s tweet comes after Kim said in a New Year’s Day speech that the international community must accept the “reality” of North Korea as a nuclear-armed nation. Kim also threatened the U.S., saying the entire U.S. mainland “is within our nuclear strike range.”

{mosads}“The U.S. should know that the button for nuclear weapons is on my table,” Kim said.

Social media quickly trolled Trump for his tweet.

Also there’s a red button for Diet Cokes https://t.co/ntl2yYw0fV

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 2, 2018

The button we know about on the President’s Desk summons a valet with a Diet Coke, but doesn’t launch a nuclear missile. pic.twitter.com/DuAdC0knmY

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 2, 2018

At least he thinks we’ll make it to Monday pic.twitter.com/0YFdMlj0Xs

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 2, 2018

I remember when these fights were about hand size and not nuclear button size https://t.co/Ay8SkH4QLa

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 2, 2018

You & Kim Jong trying to see who has the bigger set of balls, y’all square up head to head from the shoulders, don’t put the rest of us in y’all who has the bigger testicles contest‼️ https://t.co/dsva0wxb6l

— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) January 2, 2018

i’m ready for 2019 now, thanks https://t.co/f8CtAGc8Ox

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 2, 2018

Hey @Twitter, does trying to goad another nation into a nuclear conflict violate your terms of service?? #TheTrumpEffect #HappyNewYear https://t.co/vYWiGPoZUR

— aasif mandvi (@aasif) January 2, 2018

hi @Twitter how do I delete someone else’s tweet https://t.co/p1tJuD8qo0

— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 2, 2018

For all of you sharing this fragile orb and premising your tomorrows on the notion that no two men in key positions of authority could be so small, empty and stupid as to risk the mass immolation of tens of millions in an adolescent dick-measuring contest, well, dream on, rubes. https://t.co/NTozS0zJZ9

— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 2, 2018

the button probably just looks bigger by comparison pic.twitter.com/M58GF1DJgh

— nick (@nick_pants) January 2, 2018

JUST KISS ALREADY https://t.co/GPicOzSxFO

— Stephen Thompson (@idislikestephen) January 2, 2018