Richard Marx has mocked Donald Trump over his claims he ‘misspoke’ over Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The singer joked that he too had ‘misspoke’ in his 1989 hit song Right Here Waiting.
‘I misspoke. I meant to say I ‘wouldn’t’ be right here waiting for you,’ Marx tweeted.
Twitter users were quick to chime in with their own hilarious suggestions for famous hits where the singers could have ‘misspoken’.
Richard Marx has mocked Donald Trump over his claims he ‘misspoke’ over Russian interference in the 2016 election
The singer joked that he too had ‘misspoke’ in his 1989 hit song Right Here Waiting
‘The late @tompetty just said he “will” back down,’ one user tweeted, referring to Petty’s hit I Won’t Back Down.
‘Meatloaf has confirmed: He would not do anything for love, but he wouldn’t not do that,’ another added, referring to the rocker’s classic I’d Do Anything for Love.
‘…and Queen has just reported that they meant to say We WON’T Rock You,’ wrote another, with a nod to Freddy Mercury’s hit.
‘This just in: Bill Withers said he meant to say “I don’t know” 26 times in a row in his song “Aint No Sunshine” . Sorry for the confusion. Don’t lean on me for facts,’ joked another.
Trump has been widely mocked after he was forced to admit he misspoke when he said he saw no reason to believeRussia had interfered in the 2016 US election.
As he weathered heavy criticism on Tuesday for fawning over the strongman who the U.S. intelligence community says was behind 2016 hacking, Trump declared victory in his Helsinki summit
The usual suspects had torn into the president for complimenting Putin and siding against U.S. intelligence officers in their assessment that the Kremlin ordered the 2016 election disruption, but so had prominent hosts on Fox News
President Trump in the first major retreat of his administration said that he misspoke at his Helsinki summit when he said that he had ‘no reason’ to think that Russia meddled in the 2016 election
In the biggest backtrack of his presidency Trump said: ‘It should have been obvious… but I would like to clarify, just in case it wasn’t. In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t.’
‘The sentence should have been: I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t — or why it wouldn’t be Russia. So just to repeat it, I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t.’
Trump was raked over the coals for claiming that Russia had ‘no reason’ as far as he can see to have carried out an election hacking scheme that his own intelligence officials have linked to the Kremlin.
He said that while he has ‘great confidence’ in his intelligence officers, ‘President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial’ that it directly involved Russia.
As he weathered heavy criticism for fawning over the strongman who the U.S. intelligence community says was behind 2016 hacking, Trump declared victory in his Helsinki and NATO summits.
He settled on a regular target for characterizing his Putin presser as anything less than a success — the media.
‘While I had a great meeting with NATO, raising vast amounts of money, I had an even better meeting with Vladimir Putin of Russia. Sadly, it is not being reported that way – the Fake News is going Crazy!’ he said.
The usual suspects had torn into the president for complimenting Putin and siding against U.S. intelligence officers in their assessment that the Kremlin ordered the 2016 election disruption.
But Trump was also taking fire from Fox News hosts, including Shep Smith and Neil Cavuto, and members of his inner circle like Anthony Scaramucci and Newt Gingrich.
Marx kicked off the Twitter mockery when he tweeted about his 1989 hit song Right Here Waiting (pictured)
Former CIA director John Brennan had blasted Trump’s press conference with Putin on Monday as ‘nothing short of treasonous’ in high profile remarks, as well.
He accused the president of being ‘wholly in the pocket of Putin’ and the presser ‘rises to & exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes & misdemeanors.’
‘It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???,’ said Brennan, who served as the nation’s intelligence chief when the meddling was occurring during the presidency of Barack Obama.
Trump roundly blamed the media for the failure of his summit, arguing that it was the ‘fake news’ that was blowing him up.
Yet, even his former White House communications director, Scaramucci, was advising him on Tuesday to ‘reverse course immediately’ and correct what he characterized on CNN as a ‘major mistake.’