Trump Tweets

In honor of International Women’s Day, I think it’s important to recognize the many glass ceilings encountered, and shattered by heroes of this nation. Donald Trump, for example, shattering the glass ceiling for presidential candidates having twitter beef with hip-hop artists.  Honestly, if I were assigned to write about the online presence of any presidential candidate other than Trump, I would be very sad. President Trump pushed all of the limits during his candidacy with his online persona.

Like most candidates he has this boring website. He probably didn’t have much to do with any of its content because it’s super professional; I haven’t spotted a single typo or particularly problematic statement. However, the same cannot be said for his Twitter. The New York Times explains, “Since 2009, he has used the social media platform to build his brand — and, now, to communicate with voters as a candidate for president.” Trump is something of a Twitter mogul. With double the followers of HRC, he had no problem grabbing the attention of potential voters with his impulsive and histrionic tweets.

I’m personally a big fan of this website, which compiles all of Trump’s deleted tweets. (Often because he publicly contradicted something he had once tweeted).

The president also started up a Snapchat account the day of his inauguration, by the same name as his Twitter handle, @RealDonaldTrump, but this account is heavily monitored and buffered by his staff, so it doesn’t receive the same attention as his contentious tweets.

 

And let’s not forget Facebook, though a form of social media that has become dated and less personalized for younger audiences, it still finds its place in Trump’s campaign strategy.

However, not all of his online presence really represents the person he wants his constituents to see…

Donald Trump has a host of viral videos that don’t show him in the most favorable light. There’s the Access Hollywood tape, that time he made fun of a disabled reporter, and then there’s that famous quote about Mexicans that probably didn’t help the Latino vote…but undoubtedly helped the white one.

             Some might say that Trump’s use of social media is his biggest downfall, but I say otherwise.  3am impulse tweets are a disease that plagues all of us at one point or another. In a way, his typos, poor grammar, use of catchphrases, name-calling, and late night tweets probably just made him more relatable, and improved his popularity. I’d like to say that he could have played a more professional role online to gain respect of a more moderate voting base, but he’s still the one perched in that swivel chair in the oval office so I’m finding it difficult to critique him on his campaign strategy.