--- title: Trump: Internet reacts to tweet on candy intelligence leaks description: When President Trump took to Twitter to criticize leaks, he compared them to candy. canonical: https://time.com/4671700/trump-candy-internet-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-15T15:38:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:09.047Z og:title: The Internet Mocks Trump for Comparing Leaks to 'Candy' og:description: "The real scandal is that President Trump hates candy!" og:url: https://time.com/4671700/trump-candy-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ec17de3dc3abce/6988ba70196cf4b21003ee1b/donald-trump-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during joint news conference with Trudeau at the White House in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Mocks Trump for Comparing Leaks to 'Candy' twitter:description: "The real scandal is that President Trump hates candy!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ec17de3dc3abce/6988ba70196cf4b21003ee1b/donald-trump-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Mocks President Trump for Comparing Leaks to 'Candy' by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 15, 2017 3:38 PM UTC  President Donald Trump listens to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2017. President Donald Trump listens to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2017.Carlos Barria—Reuters by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 15, 2017 3:38 PM UTC When President Trump took to Twitter to [criticize leaks](http://time.com/4670450/donald-trump-michael-flynn-leaks/) that helped bring down former [National Security Advisor](http://time.com/4670208/michael-flynn-resignation-trump-white-house/) Michael Flynn, he compared them to candy. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/831853862281699331) The internet ran with the candy metaphor, as it tends to do with these things. See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/vicenathanvice/status/831866421441396737) > [](https://twitter.com/johnclavis/status/831866092020707329) > [](https://twitter.com/NICERPOTUS/status/831864272170921985) > [](https://twitter.com/eastwes/status/831876418342617089) > [](https://twitter.com/LunaucPerkon/status/831874335086374913) > [](https://twitter.com/ImaTrumpBuster/status/831870674830364672) > [](https://twitter.com/RightPoetRight/status/831867597339648001) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4671700/trump-candy-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4671700/trump-candy-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Mocks President Trump for Comparing Leaks to 'Candy'","datePublished":"2017-02-15T15:38:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:09.047Z","description":"When President Trump took to Twitter to criticize leaks, he compared them to candy.","url":"https://time.com/4671700/trump-candy-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","White House","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ec17de3dc3abce/6988ba70196cf4b21003ee1b/donald-trump-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ec17de3dc3abce/6988ba70196cf4b21003ee1b/donald-trump-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Donald Trump listens during joint news conference with Trudeau at the White House in Washington","caption":"U.S. President Donald Trump listens during joint news conference with Trudeau at the White House in Washington","creditText":"Carlos Barria—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4671700/trump-candy-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Mocks President Trump for Comparing Leaks to 'Candy'"}}]}] ```