Blog 3: Trump's Twitter Account
Twitter is a creative social media outlet that forces you to condense everything you want to say into 140 characters. This can sometimes cause people to leave out valuable things that they want to say. For others, they sometimes tweet some things they didn't mean. President Donald Trump uses it for other reasons entirely.
Trump tweets more than most people, he averages around 12 tweets per day, according to an article on Mashable.
That means that every two hours, the president of the United States goes on Twitter to share his personal opinions about major topics. That's about the same rate that most people use the bathroom throughout the day.
But it's not just how often Trump tweets that is disturbing. It's what he says, almost every time. Just 40 minutes ago Trump sent out a two-part tweet that said: "Wouldn't it be great to Repeal the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate in ObamaCare and use those savings for further Tax Cuts......for the Middle Class. The House and Senate should consider ASAP as the process of final approval moves along. Push Biggest Tax Cuts EVER"
This tweet is not only riddled with grammatical errors, but it has no actual substance. It doesn't name the mandate nor provide a link to evidence. It just accuses something from the Obama administration as being unfair and unpopular. Then it says to push the biggest tax cuts "EVER." It doesn't say what the tax cuts will be or where they will come from. This Tweet is just like thousands of others by Trump- his thoughts on how terrible something is without providing a tangible solution.
These combined Tweets already have over 11,000 comments, 7,000 re-tweets, and 35,000 likes. In a little over 40 minutes, Trump has made over 35,000 impressions on a Tweet with no substance. These numbers will only go up throughout the day.
About 14 hours ago, Trump tweeted "I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program. Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!"
This Tweet is not only more grammatically accurate than the last, but it also has actual relevance. Trump shared his actions as president to an actual event. He ordered a department of the government to change their efforts. This doesn't mean what he tweeted was right, it was simply relevant. He still added his own opinion to the very end to make it for Trump-esque.
This tweet has around 33,700 comments, 31,400 re-tweets, and 119,000 likes. In less than a day, more people than are in the city of Azusa have liked this tweet.
This is interesting, because a few hours before that tweet, Trump tweeted: "My thoughts, condolences and prayers to the victims and families of the New York City terrorist attack. God and your country are with you!"
It's interesting because even though this tweet had three more hours to garner re-tweets and comments, it didn't have nearly as many as the last. It was the most politically correct and appropriate tweet of the past day, in response to the tragedy in New York, and it had the least comments. This tweet had around 10,500 comments, 23,900 re-tweets, and 99,300 likes.
This Tweet had the makings of coming from someone else, the man behind the mirror. A lot of celebrities and wealthy entrepreneurs have someone (or multiple people) who control their social media accounts and make sure they don't say anything they'll regret or is bad for their image. It seems like the vast majority of Trump's tweets come from the POTUS himself. They are irrational, offensive, and highly critical. Only a few tweets every week seem to be well thought out and politically correct.
This was one of them. This was an appropriate response to a tragedy and there were dozens of celebrities, politicians, and noteworthy people that tweeted out something very similar to this, making sure to incorporate the phrase "my thoughts and prayers." Did they get as many re-tweets and likes as normal? Was this sent by their "man behind the mirror"?
This tweet didn't get as many comments or re-tweets as one of his other tweets would t this time mark for a few reasons. It did not have the Trump-esque offensive nature that most of his tweets have. These tweets are bound to draw critical comments by liberals and people who dislike Trump, as well as comments of approval and agreement by conservatives and avid Trump supporters. It also sounded generic, which would make people think it's the man behind the mirror who actually sent it out. There's very little to criticize in this tweet. It's just a generic "my thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families tweet."
Trump has tweeted 14 times in the past day alone, with his tweets gathering hundreds of thousands of comments and re-tweets, and millions of likes.
He obviously has a huge audience and massive amounts of impressions. But does what he tweets make people like him or want to vote for him? Most people would say no to this question. They paint him in a bad light and make people want to vote for anyone else. Yet he still got elected. So should the next presidential candidate tweet in his same style?
Trump tweets more than most people, he averages around 12 tweets per day, according to an article on Mashable.
That means that every two hours, the president of the United States goes on Twitter to share his personal opinions about major topics. That's about the same rate that most people use the bathroom throughout the day.
But it's not just how often Trump tweets that is disturbing. It's what he says, almost every time. Just 40 minutes ago Trump sent out a two-part tweet that said: "Wouldn't it be great to Repeal the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate in ObamaCare and use those savings for further Tax Cuts......for the Middle Class. The House and Senate should consider ASAP as the process of final approval moves along. Push Biggest Tax Cuts EVER"
This tweet is not only riddled with grammatical errors, but it has no actual substance. It doesn't name the mandate nor provide a link to evidence. It just accuses something from the Obama administration as being unfair and unpopular. Then it says to push the biggest tax cuts "EVER." It doesn't say what the tax cuts will be or where they will come from. This Tweet is just like thousands of others by Trump- his thoughts on how terrible something is without providing a tangible solution.
These combined Tweets already have over 11,000 comments, 7,000 re-tweets, and 35,000 likes. In a little over 40 minutes, Trump has made over 35,000 impressions on a Tweet with no substance. These numbers will only go up throughout the day.
About 14 hours ago, Trump tweeted "I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program. Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!"
This Tweet is not only more grammatically accurate than the last, but it also has actual relevance. Trump shared his actions as president to an actual event. He ordered a department of the government to change their efforts. This doesn't mean what he tweeted was right, it was simply relevant. He still added his own opinion to the very end to make it for Trump-esque.
This tweet has around 33,700 comments, 31,400 re-tweets, and 119,000 likes. In less than a day, more people than are in the city of Azusa have liked this tweet.
This is interesting, because a few hours before that tweet, Trump tweeted: "My thoughts, condolences and prayers to the victims and families of the New York City terrorist attack. God and your country are with you!"
It's interesting because even though this tweet had three more hours to garner re-tweets and comments, it didn't have nearly as many as the last. It was the most politically correct and appropriate tweet of the past day, in response to the tragedy in New York, and it had the least comments. This tweet had around 10,500 comments, 23,900 re-tweets, and 99,300 likes.
This Tweet had the makings of coming from someone else, the man behind the mirror. A lot of celebrities and wealthy entrepreneurs have someone (or multiple people) who control their social media accounts and make sure they don't say anything they'll regret or is bad for their image. It seems like the vast majority of Trump's tweets come from the POTUS himself. They are irrational, offensive, and highly critical. Only a few tweets every week seem to be well thought out and politically correct.
This was one of them. This was an appropriate response to a tragedy and there were dozens of celebrities, politicians, and noteworthy people that tweeted out something very similar to this, making sure to incorporate the phrase "my thoughts and prayers." Did they get as many re-tweets and likes as normal? Was this sent by their "man behind the mirror"?
This tweet didn't get as many comments or re-tweets as one of his other tweets would t this time mark for a few reasons. It did not have the Trump-esque offensive nature that most of his tweets have. These tweets are bound to draw critical comments by liberals and people who dislike Trump, as well as comments of approval and agreement by conservatives and avid Trump supporters. It also sounded generic, which would make people think it's the man behind the mirror who actually sent it out. There's very little to criticize in this tweet. It's just a generic "my thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families tweet."
Trump has tweeted 14 times in the past day alone, with his tweets gathering hundreds of thousands of comments and re-tweets, and millions of likes.
He obviously has a huge audience and massive amounts of impressions. But does what he tweets make people like him or want to vote for him? Most people would say no to this question. They paint him in a bad light and make people want to vote for anyone else. Yet he still got elected. So should the next presidential candidate tweet in his same style?
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