The TrumpSkeletor Twitter bot is a simple concept – it takes real tweets from @RealDonaldTrump and combines them with real tweets from @SkeletorQuotes. But when we made it, we never expected how quickly it would become sentient, or how twisted its troubling worldview would become in only a few short days ...
1. There was the time he was a little bit too honest with the good people of Youngstown, Ohio.
THANK YOU - Youngstown, Ohio! It's a pity that your chains prevent you from bowing before your new king. Massive crowd expected. Halfwits!
2. The time when he made his intentions towards South Carolina all too clear.
Now, off to South Carolina. It is my destiny! Thank you! Throw down your weapons or you die! #FITN #NHPrimary
3. And that tweet that scared the living daylights out of everyone in Michigan.
Looks like it's moving time for the insect people! Getting ready to leave for Michigan - will be an amazing evening!
4. It can be very difficult to tell sometimes where Trump ends and Skeletor begins, given their shockingly similar rhetorical style.
If Jeb Bush were more competent he could not have lost the skirmish with Marco in the debate. He's as weak as a slime-kitten.
5. And like everyone who aspires to greatness, Trump Skeletor has moments of extreme optimism ...
John Kasich has really failed on the campaign trail. You will be doing as I command, whether you like it OR NOT! Suicidal mistake.
6. ... moments of painful realism about his chances of being elected ...
Great new poll numbers! And I'm not one step closer than the day I started! #Trump2016 Let them rot.
7. ... and moments of genuine vulnerability – the aching sadness that inevitably overtakes any man who is consumed by his ambition.
so... Wow, just released that $67 million in negative ads was spent on me. Is it equal to the loneliness of evil?
8. But, like both of his fathers, Trump Skeletor is quick to return to hubris and bravado.
Nice? #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016 And, as you die, so will I be reborn. #SCPrimary #VoteTrumpSC
9. And quick to lash out, even against those who support him.
#VoteTrumpMA How unpleasant it is to see you, you sniveling coward!
10. He has quite an impressive range of interests – from his surprising but seemingly genuine love of literature ...
Clear winner of the #GOPDebate. Books are the real treasures of the world! Vote Trump and end this madness! You furry, flea-bitten fool.
11. ... to his significantly less surprising hatred for the Republican establishment.
Weak RNC and Republican leadership probably won't let this happen! I ache to smash you out of existence!
12. He wouldn't be who he is without his signature style of saying exactly what he's thinking in the moment.
Mitt Romney had his chance and blew it. Everything comes to he who waits...
13. And while these admissions would severely hurt the campaign of a lesser politician ...
#GOPDebate Yes, we'll win this game the old-fashioned way, the tried and true way: We'll cheat! #VoteTrump on Tuesday! This is how it ends!
14. ... he's still enjoying record turnout from crowds of people who seem immune to his brash, insulting manner.
A record crowd of 12K. Doesn't sound like much fun to me! Go out and vote now, polls open.
15. But even the great Trump Skeletor has one fear that he cannot purge from his mind. And it will doubtless eventually be his undoing.
She is afraid of Obama & the e-mails! To drive your cursed face from my memories forever!