How I Got Blocked by Donald Trump on Twitter

I reply to President Donald Trump's tweets sometimes.

I'm not proud of it. It's a compulsion, like biting fingernails or eating all the Doritos in the bag at once. When I wake up and see a blustery new message from our tweeter-in-chief, what am I supposed to do? Walk away? Perform yoga stretches? No. I carve out a snarky retort. If I'm fast enough, I watch the likes and retweets roll in at lightning speed. (This is the 2017 equivalent of commenting "FIRST!" on an explosive message board thread.)

Sometimes, I try to debunk the misinformation about an apology letter from , for instance, or about his approval ratings. Other times, I just .