By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:40 BST, 27 June 2019 | Updated: 13:47 BST, 27 June 2019
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Donald Trump mocked MSNBC on Thursday morning over technical glitches that briefly turned Wednesday night's Democratic primary debate into a televised circus.
He tweeted a video created by his favorite memesmith that set the ensuing chaos to the tune of Ozzy Ozbourne's head-banging anthem 'Crazy Train.'
'Thank you @MSNBC, real professionals!' the president wrote, tagging debate moderators Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow. Trump was in Japan at a G20 leaders summit when he posted the video.
A visiblly embarrassed Todd and Maddow jumped to a premature commercial break at the beginning of Wednesday night's second hour when NBC's control room left the first hour's moderators with hot mics backstage.
A video mashup President Trump tweeted on Thursday depicts him as repsonsible for production glitches like the ones that plagued Wednesday night's first-round Democratic primary debate
Hour-two debate moderators Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow were left red-faced and prematurely jumped to a commercial break Wednesday night after NBC left the first hour's moderators with hot mics backstage
Wednesday's Democratic debate in Miami featured the first 10 of 20 candidates sparring over immigration, the economy, gun control and other topics
The result left the live audience in Miami and TV viewers listening to Savannah Guthrie, José Díaz-Balart and Lester Holt chatting while Todd tried to ask Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren a question about gun control.
Guthrie was heard telling someone she was looking for a binder, drawing laughs from Todd, Maddow and a few