--- title: J.K. Rowling Mocks Donald Trump for Third-Person Tweet description: J.K. Rowling couldn't resist taking a jab at Donald Trump's third-person phrasing in a tweet series about James Comey and Hillary Clinton. canonical: https://time.com/4765203/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-third-person-tweet/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-03T16:53:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:19.060Z og:title: J.K. 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Rowling Mocks President Trump for Tweeting in the Third Person  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 3, 2017 4:53 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a queston during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks and answered questions from the audience during a town hall event with CEO's on the American business climate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a queston during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks and answered questions from the audience during a town hall event with CEO's on the American business climate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Jeff Spicer & Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 3, 2017 4:53 PM UTC Following [Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4764256/donald-trump-inauguration-photo-national-park-service/) Tuesday night tweets concerning [FBI Director James Comey’s](http://time.com/4764972/james-comey-clinton-emails-election-hearing/) treatment of both himself and Hillary Clinton, [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4763122/harry-potter-j-k-rowling-apologizes-snape-death/) couldn’t resist taking a jab at the president’s phrasing. The _Harry Potter_ author took to Twitter Wednesday morning to mock Trump’s use of the third person in his controversial online statements. “FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!,” POTUS wrote. “The phony Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign?” “I wonder whether Trump talks to Trumpself in the third Trumperson when Trump’s alone,” Rowling responded, continuing her [trend of ridiculing Trump](http://time.com/4723729/j-k-rowling-trump-tweets/) for much of what he says on the social media site. See the tweets below. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859601184285491201) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859604996236742656) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/859699812668764161) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4765203/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-third-person-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4765203/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-third-person-tweet/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Mocks President Trump for Tweeting in the Third Person","datePublished":"2017-05-03T16:53:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:19.060Z","description":"The Harry Potter author is back at it","url":"https://time.com/4765203/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-third-person-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","celebrities","twitter","J.K. 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