An analysis of the president’s social media presence
Since the United States’ presidential election just over one year ago, the news has been plagued by stories detailing the actions of President Trump and his administration.
This is the administration that brought us Sean Spicer, the stumbling press secretary, and Kellyanne Conway, the chief advisor with a knack for “alternative facts.” Not to mention an in-depth investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election that continues to reveal new information every day. From throwing paper towels at the hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico, to firing his FBI director, James Comey, there has been no lack of shock value with the new president.
Now, you can say what you want about the Trump administration’s policies — there are people who agree with them — and when he speaks about putting America first and building up the economy, he normally does alright in the polls. However, I think most people would find it hard to argue against the fact that the man has an issue with professionalism, especially online.At the time of printing, President Trump had 42,544,680 followers on his personal Twitter account. Just to put that into perspective, that’s greater than the entire population of Canada. This means that he has a pretty wide range of influence that he can reach with his treacherous tweets.
An avid Twitter user, sometimes tweeting upwards of a dozen times per day, Trump uses his social media presence for a variety of reasons. Whether to insult other politicians, to threaten neighbouring regimes, or to warn of the dangers of the “fake news” media, one common denominator is present throughout his ever expanding timeline: unprofessionalism.
Here are just a few examples of POTUS’ most memorable tweets of 2017:
It’s no wonder the American people distrust news sources. If you follow President Trump on Twitter, your timeline is barraged with complaints of “fake news” several times a day.
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On Sept. 30 alone, President Trump mentioned the “fake news” media six times! I think it’s fair to say that the power of suggestion holds true.
And he’s so modest.
What head of state refers to another state leader as “rocket man” without some sort of consequence?
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Trump spent a lot of his Twitter time bashing NFL players for disrespecting their country through protesting racial violence.
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It appears President Trump skips the copy-editing portion of his public relations strategy.
Despite the humour his tweets provide, POTUS can’t take a joke.
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