President Trump
Donald John Trump Biden to pay tribute to Lewis on Capitol Hill Monday. Cotton asked for comments on slavery in criticism of the 1619 Draft Congress slated for disorderly COVID-19 talks on a tight deadline. He criticized Twitter’s “trending” section in a tweet Monday, calling it “really ridiculous, illegal and, of course, very unfair!”
“It is disgusting to see the so-called ‘Trend’ on Twitter, where there are so many trends about me and never a good one,” Trump published.
“They look for anything they can find, they make it as bad as possible, and they exploit it, trying to make it trend,” he added.
It’s gross to see the so-called “trends” on Twitter, where there are many trends about me and never a good one. They search for everything they can find, they make it as bad as possible and they exploit it, trying to make it trend. Really ridiculous, illegal and, of course, very unfair!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2020
Twitter rejected The Hill’s request for comment on Trump’s tweet.
The president’s relationship with Twitter, where he often resorts to speak directly to his followers, has become more controversial in recent months. The social media platform puts warnings and fact checks in two of Trump’s posts in May about voting by mail, saying the tweets contained “potentially misleading information.”
Twitter also added a notice to one of Trump’s tweets in June, threatening protesters who wanted to create an “autonomous zone” in Washington, DC.
The president tried to defend himself in May, issuing an executive order aimed at stripping social media platforms of certain legal protections, although experts say the order is largely toothless and on shaky legal ground.
Representatives of the Trump campaign and the White House have repeatedly criticized the social media platform in the past, accusing it of prejudice and conservative censorship.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany argued that the June notice showed that Twitter was silencing the president’s call for “law and order” in the United States amid protests.
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