CELEBS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In two hours on Thursday [12-20-18], President Trump publicly unveiled an expansive farm bill, railed against the dangers of illegal immigration, fought with Congress over funding for a border wall and announced the departure of Jim Mattis, his defense secretary, who is resigning over what he regards as the president’s ill-planned decision to pull back American troops from Syria. Why not throw in a video of himself singing the theme song from the 1960s sitcom ‘Green Acres’? The world may never know why, exactly, Mr. Trump chose to divert attention from the political chaos — just before turning the fire hose back on himself — by posting a video on Twitter of his performance at the 2005 Emmy Awards. That year, appearing onstage with the (slightly cringing) comedian Megan Mullally, Mr. Trump, dressed in overalls, huffed along to the song with some of the lyrics modified to squeeze in a reference to Trump Tower in Manhattan.”
–Katie Rogers, “On an Eventful Day, Trump Tweets a Video of Himself Singing a Sitcom’s Theme Song,” The New York Times online, December 20, 2018