Trump spent his morning tweeting typos, attacking the media, and imagining himself 'eclipsing' Obama

Like the sun, President Trump spent the morning rising and shining, except he did so on Twitter with a scientifically dubious meme:

Moments later, Trump issued typo-riddled tweets to mock the "fake news" for its "whiplash" over his apparent tonal inconsistencies this week. Trump eventually — sort of — corrected the typos:

To cap it all off, Trump attacked former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who raised questions about Trump's fitness for office Tuesday after the president's rally in Phoenix, Arizona:

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All in a day's work — and all before 9:30 a.m. in Washington, D.C.