US President Donald Trump used social media successfully when he was campaigning for the presidency, and he’s continued to use Twitter after becoming president.
His first tweet after winning the election was refreshingly positive. On November 9, 2016, he tweeted: “Such a beautiful and important evening! The forgotten man and woman will never be forgotten again. We will all come together as never before.” However, in over a year, he has used Twitter to contradict his own staff members and set the tone for his presidency. He’s called out “haters and losers” for criticising his approach to international relations, labelled all media organisations critical of him as ‘fake news’, insulted world leaders and threatened nuclear attacks. We take a look at some of his bizarre tweets.
This tweet was deleted five hours after it was posted — it had no context, but by then it had become a worldwide social media trend.
Mocking the Mayor of San Juan, after Puerto Rico was hit by one of its worst hurricanes.
The claim that former US President Barack Obama wire-tapped Trump Tower. No proof has been provided by him or his administration to support that claim.
The #TakeAKnee campaign led to Trump asking for players to be suspended.
His campaign against ‘fake news’ ...
... which led to the ‘Fake News Awards’. He did not announce the awards on time, but when he did, it crashed the GOP website.
Global Warming is a hoax ...
Threatening to send American citizens caught shoplifting in China back to Chinese jails after being mocked.
Trading insults with world leaders and threatening nuclear war...
... along with insulting journalists, like Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, presenters of the show Morning Joe.
... and actors.
