Trump’s Twitter priorities

Since becoming president, Donald Trump has tweeted about:

✓Fox: 435x, including 198 tweets about Fox & Friends.
✓Hannity: 64x
✓Fake news: 437x
✓"Enemy of the People": 32x

✓Schools: 11x
✓Human rights: 4x
✓Infrastructure: 34x
✓Troops: 25x
✓Inequality: 0x
✓Climate: 3x
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 22, 2019

A racist conspiracy theory

A racist conspiracy theory has taken hold—sometimes to deadly consequences https://t.co/s4xK8BlerY
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) June 22, 2019

I believe the Trump accusers

Do you really think 15-20 women would make this up? I believe Trump is a sexual predator and a despicable person. He think that if he calls the women liars, it’s all going to go away. He has not been held accountable yet but I hope he will. The Trump cult members who believe the women who accused Bill Clinton but not these women are disgusting hypocrites.

5/4/23 I hope he is found guilty in the Carroll suit.

Here it is. It’s just stunning to see the parallels among the different incidents. Damning doesn’t begin to describe it. https://t.co/mmQ9QRitSI
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 3, 2023

It kills me to write this, but the main thing I felt after reading @ejeancarroll’s devastating piece is that Trump will never, ever be held accountable for the way he treats women: https://t.co/cWYMqOtSM8
— Alyssa Rosenberg (@AlyssaRosenberg) June 21, 2019

If Republicans believed Juanita Broaddrick, they're hypocrites not to believe E. Jean Carroll, President Trump's latest accuser, writes @GTConway3d. https://t.co/pPZioNsdzp
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) June 22, 2019

We live in a country where a 15th woman has said the president raped her and nothing will happen. https://t.co/W4Iy4vBKeC
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) June 22, 2019

fodder for Sunday's @ReliableSources https://t.co/Nji4PxR9Kt
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 22, 2019

I'm not sure that's the problem, @DavidAFrench. It's not that many Trump supporters don't know he's a sexual predator; he clearly is. It's that they don't really care. When it was Bill Clinton they did. But now that it's Trump, they don't. Remember this: https://t.co/bOgOeTzSFC https://t.co/mrygB58XTr
— Peter Wehner (@Peter_Wehner) June 22, 2019

Remember when @realDonaldTrump brought Bill Clinton’s accusers to his debate with Hillary just to try and intimidate her.

Does anyone really believe that guy over all the women who claim he’s a sexual predator?
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) June 22, 2019

Smart words from @MollyJongFast: "If the 2018 midterms have taught us anything, it’s that women remember. We may never see the president impeached and removed from office but we can remove him ourselves on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020"https://t.co/uB5kzubzbA
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) June 22, 2019

Trump has denied encountering Jean Carroll. Here is video of him denying paying Stormy Daniels https://t.co/wBAKUjsNEd
— David Frum (@davidfrum) June 22, 2019

Trump attacks E. Jean Carroll for accusing him of rape & threatens other potential accusers: "This is a woman who has also accused other men of things …what she did is terrible…people have to be careful because they're playing with very dangerous territory…it's a disgrace." pic.twitter.com/Ky3TaYNZGt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 22, 2019

Trump’s a disgrace

Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal case for paying women to lie about their encounters with him. https://t.co/8y2jpZPxqf
— Doug Gordon (@dgordon52) June 22, 2019

They know. They know very well.

They simply don't care. https://t.co/RQ7vWZPTIP
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 22, 2019

How is this possible? https://t.co/EZHdOrHarK
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 22, 2019

Another woman just came forward to accuse @realDonaldTrump of sexual assault.

Can we please stop acting like this is normal? https://t.co/MjqRL1oxnB
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 22, 2019

Reading from President Trump's statement on @FoxNews, @ShannonBream did not mention, and the network did not show, this photograph. Thus, the president's assertion, that he has "never met this person in [his] life," went unchallenged. https://t.co/vwus0A2KIB
— David Gura (@davidgura) June 21, 2019

How many contemporaneously-corroborated reports of sexual assault do Republicans need to read — or tapes bragging about sexual assault do Republicans need to hear — before they understand the president is a likely sex predator?
— David French (@DavidAFrench) June 22, 2019

Really looking forward to everyone who plumped for Juanita Broaddrick finding a way to dismiss this story. https://t.co/1yusqjJksB
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 21, 2019

“Former President Donald Trump’s behavior toward women, long a source of flashpoints in his political career, now faces a new level of scrutiny: a trial in a lawsuit accusing him of rape” https://t.co/jONF4IaroD
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 22, 2023

Covers: Come Together

“Come Together” was a Beatles song from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was also a single. It was sung and primarily written by John Lennon. Lennon was accused of taking some music and lyrics from Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me” and lost the suit.

The best-known covers are by Ike and Tina Turner and Aerosmith.

Trump’s Orlando rally 6/18/19

He acts like he’s running against Hillary Clinton. Trump has been in campaign mode since 2015.

His 76-minute speech featured more than 15 false statements, many of them ones that he's repeated frequently in the past. Here's a fact check. https://t.co/FCSGvbKo9H
— CNN (@CNN) June 19, 2019

"While Trump mobilized the resentments of a large portion of the electorate, and has commandeered the GOP machinery, the biggest fruits of his presidency have been enjoyed by cultural conservatives and his most affluent supporters."@TimOBrien on 2020: https://t.co/cO9ySF20ut
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 19, 2019

I remember the warnings in 2016 that if you hurt the feelings of The Common Folk, they will vote for Trump. I think these rallies make clear that The Common Folk were looking to join a cult, were never that closely acquainted with reality, and what any of us said didn't matter. pic.twitter.com/gQwVK3EF9K
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 19, 2019

At his Florida rally, Trump lied and lied and lied about the economy.

Why?

The answer: Trump has a serious disconnect on his hands.

Voters like the economy, but hate Trump's policies and don't credit them for it.

I walked through the numbers here: https://t.co/FJACm0K0rS
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 19, 2019

Indistinguishable from fascist rhetoric about the enemy within. https://t.co/arCNX1pdlO
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 19, 2019

"He loves to accuse his political opponents of the sins he's credibly been accused of," says @JohnAvlon as he fact-checks Trump's 2020 rally last night.

The President "flipped the script," painting a picture of Democrats, "driven by hatred, prejudice and rage." #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/UYBxAwpSQc
— New Day (@NewDay) June 19, 2019

What is left to say about one of these things? — I tried my best in my report from Donald Trump’s Orlando rally for @NYMag. https://t.co/uibBMwrUxI
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 19, 2019

Donald Trump Jr. mocked Joe Biden for vowing to cure cancer at the same event that President Trump vowed to cure cancer https://t.co/5rL535IKDw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 19, 2019

.@Peter_Wehner: “At one point, Republicans were willing to tolerateTrump’s brutish tactics and reprehensible character as the price of party loyalty; today many of them seem to relish it. They see the dehumanization of others as a form of entertainment.” https://t.co/RRNlRYOTzT
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) June 19, 2019

8 takeaways from tonight via ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ and me. First up, it was just a rally. https://t.co/EbXukC2cVX
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) June 19, 2019

We're fact-checking Trump's campaign kickoff rally. Follow along. https://t.co/oYUiTvjSYd
— Dick Stevenson (@dickstevenson) June 19, 2019

Eric Trump just said there are 100,000 people in here. The Amway Center holds 20,000. And about 1/4 of the top level is empty (many people standing on the floor, but not 80,000).
— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) June 18, 2019

This is Trump's America https://t.co/TuGNgSlwyf
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) June 18, 2019

I’ll be live tweeting president’s rally. Some context on race: White nationalists have been spotted around arena in FL. A supporter screamed PBS is full of “Nazis.” And Trump is not apologizing for saying the #Exonerated5, black & Latino boys, should have gotten the death penalty
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 18, 2019

Trump’s not unveiling anything new tonight in Orlando. Rather, his kickoff speech is a continuation of the same populist themes, grievances and enemies that fueled his ascent — because the campaign never ended.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 19, 2019

In October, a Trump fan mailed pipe bombs to leaders of the Democratic Party. https://t.co/6QCBz71hd8
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 19, 2019

Trump won’t apologize for his treatment of the innocent Central Park Five

Trump is a liar and a bigot. This is disgusting. They were exonerated when the real perpetrator was caught.

This is an appeal to Trump’s supporters who are racists.

In 1989, Trump spent $85,000 to buy full page ads calling to execute 5 African-American teenagers who were falsely accused of a gruesome crime. After they were exonerated with DNA evidence, he doubled-down on that outrageous stance in October 2016. And today, he both-sides’d it. https://t.co/WhE4TUrczt
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 18, 2019

DNA evidence led to the actual rapist. https://t.co/mZ43OhjAjL
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 18, 2019

There is no “both sides.” The confessions were forced. A convicted murderer and serial rapist confessed to the crime, and the charges against the five were dropped. #ExoneratedFive https://t.co/pm9e5auooG
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) June 18, 2019

Trump tries to bully the Federal Reserve

Trump makes everything political.

Trump on demoting Fed Chair Jerome Powell, day before rate decision: 'Let's see what he does' https://t.co/SEtZftGT8W
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 18, 2019

That he would even look for ways to do it is instructive.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 18, 2019

What does that even mean? https://t.co/msGGWVsBJB
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) June 18, 2019

News from @SalehaMohsin @JenniferJJacobs: “The White House explored the legality of demoting Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in February, soon after President Donald Trump talked about firing him” (via @TheTerminal)
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 18, 2019

White supremacists march in Orlando before Trump rally

I am sure they are Trump supporters responding to his bigotry.

This should be the lead story out of Orlando no matter what Trump says tonight. https://t.co/9YWkvgdaqx
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) June 18, 2019

Yesterday the president vowed to round up 11 million people and today his supporters are marching through the streets throwing up white power signs.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 18, 2019

Members of the white supremacist Proud Boys group have been stopped from reaching anti-Trump protesters. pic.twitter.com/c3wXFhMIcM
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) June 18, 2019

FL GOV Rick Scott a cog in the bigoted Florida GOP machine. Here he is with Miami Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio. pic.twitter.com/lo69xLoYmE
— Nadine van der Velde (@nadinevdVelde) June 18, 2019

Large contingent of Proud Boys marching next to the Amway Center, chanting, “Pinochet was right,” and “Roger Stone did nothing wrong.” #TrumpInOrlando #TrumpRallyOrlando pic.twitter.com/vFgDyOcq1W
— Michael Williams (@michaeldamianw) June 18, 2019

Enrique Tarrio, the current leader of the Proud Boys, also attended the neo-Nazi Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 as part of the "military wing" of the Proud Boys, the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights. pic.twitter.com/KH0v9rqRUK
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) June 18, 2019

Some Q bros in at the Trump rally in #Orlando.

There are so many Q people here pic.twitter.com/75kdRd79gi
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) June 18, 2019

Conspiracy theorists are there too.

Other Trump cult members are there

‘He treats us like family and we treat him like family’: Trump supporters line up in Orlando to see the president kick off his 2020 re-election campaign. More: https://t.co/KtmzYmHjY9 pic.twitter.com/SIqzv4cgQd
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 18, 2019

Trump supporters await the president's appearance at an Orlando, Florida, rally tonight, in which he will kick off his reelection bid. https://t.co/NokWWgniV6 pic.twitter.com/CJ1t3aKjNR
— ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2019

Our Orlando Sentinel endorsement for president in 2020: NOT Donald Trump https://t.co/9SisWzHsno
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) June 18, 2019

Make sure nobody coughs or sneezes. https://t.co/9F46vck6xf
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) June 18, 2019

Trump needs polls showing he is ahead in order to claim the election is rigged if he loses

Trump is upset about his own internal polls showing he is losing. Of course, it’s a long time until the election and polls don’t mean much now.

Trump will almost certainly claimed the election was rigged if he loses. However, his claim will look weak if his totals look like the polls. For example, if he is expected to get 47% and he gets 47%, it will be hard for him to make a case that he was cheated.

However, if he is expected to get 52% (and he will find or make up a poll that says that) and he only gets 47%, he will say he was cheated.

Trump’s ABC interview

More lies and crazy stuff

Here's a non-exhaustive list of the false claims Trump made in his ABC interview, whose transcript has been posted here: https://t.co/IV5uAzc4bv
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 17, 2019

"And, you know, for women — as you know, I did very well with women last time. I was hearing I wouldn't have. I'd say, 'Why? Why? Explain.' I did very well with women. " — Trump

Note: he got 41% of the women's vote in 20916https://t.co/IajP0kH3Hm
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 17, 2019

He has told this lie many times

If Trump convinces people there was “no collusion & no obstruction” it will be his greatest con ever. The Mueller report found extensive coordination between the Trump campaign & Russia (i.e., “collusion”) and multiple instances where the evidence PROVES Trump obstructed justice. https://t.co/Jib6EolJPG
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) June 17, 2019