Yesterday, Donald Trump woke up and spoke to the nation about putting an ISIS leader down "like a dog." In the same speech, he tried to underplay the killing of Osama bin Laden in a raid approved by President Obama, tried to suggest that he predicted the rise of Osama bin Laden before 9/11 (he did not), and generally made a mockery of his office while delivering what was ostensibly good news (the good news was complicated by the fact that the Kurds helped the U.S. military track down Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before we abandoned the Kurds, and the fact that the Syria pull-out actually made it more difficult to capture Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi).

Trump -- probably under the wrong impression that this raid would change the American perception of a very unpopular President -- attended a Washington Nationals World Series game last night, where he was loudly booed before the entire stadium erupted into a chant of, "Lock him up." The way Trump's face fell when the crowd started booing is one of very few pleasure much of this country has received over the last three years.

We all won the World Series. https://t.co/Qd7Pi1A7VE

— amber ruffin (@ambermruffin) October 28, 2019

Because the media ruins everything, this morning there is a silly debate over whether it was appropriate to chant "Lock him up," at the President.

"We are Americans and we do not do that. We do not want the world hearing us chant 'Lock him up' to this president or to any president." -- @JoeNBC pic.twitter.com/9IgMCETBdn

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) October 28, 2019

"We are Americans and we do not do that. We do not want the world hearing us chant 'Lock him up' to this president or to any president." -- @JoeNBC pic.twitter.com/9IgMCETBdn

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) October 28, 2019

Let me just answer that question real quickly: Yes it is appropriate and shut the f**k up. The "Lock Him Up" chant was not made in isolation. Fifty-thousand people, most of whom probably think that the President should be removed from office and imprisoned, did not simply make up this "Lock him up" chant. They did not chant "Lock him up" out of disrespect for the office of the Presidency. They chanted "lock him up" out of a lack of respect for Donald Trump. It was a sort of sarcastic mockery. They were using his words against him. They were basically saying, "How does it feel, Mr. President, to be on the receiving end of a chant that you and your followers originated and have been using to target people guilty of no crimes for the last four years?"

And yes, Joe, we do want the world to hear us chant "lock him up," because we want the rest of the world to understand that we have as little regard for our President as they do. It was a rare opportunity for the Americans to publicly voice their opinion to the President en masse. Donald Trump does not hold town halls. He doesn't even grant interviews to outlets that challenge him. The only time he otherwise speaks in public is to a curated, adoring audience during rallies. Hell, even over the weekend, when he spoke about criminal justice reform in a historically black college, those students were not allowed to attend. In fact, they were forced to stay in their dorms during his visit. He spoke to a crowd of 300. Only ten students were allowed.

This was a rare moment where the crowd could speak to the President on behalf of the majority of the country. It was a chance for the crowd there to say to a President in no uncertain terms that we do not care for him, that we believe he should be impeached and imprisoned, and to do so in a way that would not allow him to gaslight the American public into believing otherwise.

So, yeah: It was appropriate. It was very f**king appropriate.