Trump's Controversies On Twitter

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

There is no more powerful and feared weapon in the hands of President Donald Trump than his Twitter account, from which he rails against his political enemies, tugs at his cabinet members or announces important decisions of his administration.

Since opening his account in 2009, the president has written a whopping 36,600 tweets, which now reach a total of 44.7 million followers. The obligations that occupying the White House represent have not affected his prolificacy in the networks, to which he goes almost every day to express opinions or launch messages.

His tweets hardly leave anyone indifferent, either to criticize the anti-terrorism policies of allies such as the United Kingdom or to denounce the criticism he receives in the media for being fake news. So it is difficult to choose the most controversial is a very difficult task. In any case, these five insurances that would be in any list

Mayor of San Juan

From everything it is known that the president is very sensitive to criticism and is not characterized by turning a deaf ear when they arrive. Therefore, when listening to the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz, questioning the federal government's response to the disaster caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Trump was angry and charged against Puerto Rican politics. He accused her in a series of tweets of "poor leadership" and of wanting, along with "others in Puerto Rico", that outsiders "do it all." These words of the president, with the island completely devastated and practically without light, generated a huge controversy and led to the accusation that he cared little about the fate of Puerto Ricans, who are also US citizens.

Her subsequent visit to the island, in which she had a brief but respectful meeting with the mayor, did not appease the spirits or criticism of the aid provided by federal agencies. In any case, what did serve was to give a national profile to Yulín Cruz, who was even among the finalists to be the Person of the Year for Time magazine.

New York Senator

Amid the cascade of allegations of sexual harassment that have rocked the country in recent weeks, the president got into the controversy with an arrow in the form of a tweet against Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. The president was dismayed that the New York legislator had urged to open an investigation in Congress of the sexual harassment accusations against Trump made by various women during the electoral campaign.

Without biting his tongue, the Republican magnate accused Gillibrand of being a "light weight" and a "lackey" of the Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer. But the most controversial part of the message was his assertion that, not long ago, the senator "would have done whatever it took" to get Trump to give him money for his campaigns. That observation was interpreted by critics of the president as a suggestion that she was even willing to prostitute herself.

Attack on Morning Joe

One of the president's most openly critical news shows is Morning Joe (MSNBC), in which his hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski spare no blame for the current White House tenant. Apparently disgusted by the continued censorship he receives from the two journalists, who are a couple, Trump recalled that in the past they visited him at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Fl, to "beg" him for an interview and he was denied. What added spice to the comment was the observation that Brzezinski on that occasion "was bleeding a lot from a facelift" that had allegedly been performed.

Covfefe

Half the country spent hours speculating and reviewing dictionaries when the president sent this tweet at midnight: "Despite the constant negative press covfefe." What is covfefe, was it a mistake, a code word, fell asleep while writing and couldn't finish the sentence …? The networks went crazy looking for a meaning to the unusual word, if it can be said to be a word.

The mystery was never solved, and Trump himself helped make it bigger with another tweet hours later. Who can decipher the true meaning of covfefe? Enjoy . Finally, covfefe stayed as grass for memes.

NFL players

If there is something that characterizes Trump, to the delight of his loyal supporters, it is his inability to refuse to enter into a controversy, or even feed them. This was the case when without warning, one day he was dispatched to his liking against NFL players who put one knee on the ground when the national anthem sounds in protest of the death of unarmed African Americans by police shots. The president echoed the sentiment of those who regard him as disrespectful and urged the NFL to fire those who do.

The response of the vast majority of the players, in some cases seconded by the owners of the teams, was to join the protests of their colleagues indicated by Trump. While polls showed at the time that a majority supported the president's refusal to protest using the national anthem, calls for a boycott do not appear to have worked in the end.