OMGDYSWDTJT? (Oh my god, did you see what Donald Trump just tweeted?)

One aspect of the campaign and even well into his first hundred days in office that Donald Trump has taken full advantage of, is his online presence. During the campaign, he tweeted, posted, and grammed nearly every day. He was the first candidate to fully understand that platform that social media presented. On top of having a strong social media presence. Donald Trump has a very interactive website that has links to his social media profiles as well as directions for people who want to donate to him.

He uses Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/POTUS/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/teamtrumpofficial/) about once a day to once every couple days. On these platforms he mostly posts pictures of his rallies, memes about making America great, and of course, how terrible Obama is. The social media platform that Trump is most recognized for is Twitter. The man actually has two twitter accounts (Potus link:  https://twitter.com/POTUS) (Personal link: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump). One business one for the presidency and one personal one! I don’t even think Kim K has two twitter accounts. The really interesting part about these two accounts is that they favorite and retweet the other one’e tweets. His POTUS accounts acts like a digital hype man for his personal account. On these accounts, he generally bashes various news sources, talks about how great America is doing, and as per usual, bashes the Obama administration. On top of these accounts, I found his interactive website (https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) that allows people who are interested to have access to his social media accounts as well as donate to his cause. There is also a fan page set up on Facebook for Trump (https://www.facebook.com/donaldtrumpfanclub). This page just posts pro-Trump memes and shares pro-Trump posts. 

Donald Trump did a very good job of running social media across many different platforms. This allowed him to reach as many people as possible. He also did a great job of flooding twitter. What I mean is that it is nearly impossible to go a day without seeing at least tweet on my feed, and I don’t even follow him. That meant that his message is constantly being transmitted to an audience outside his immediate supporter block. His website is also very professional and easy to use. 

Although he is the first candidate to fully take advantage of online social media platforms, there are still areas in which he can improve. One of which is he needs to cut the petty stuff out. YOU ALREADY WON!!!!! IT DOESN’T MATTER THAT YOU HAVE BEEF WITH OBAMA AND HILARY, SO STOP TWEETING ABOUT IT!!!! Aside from the siege on the images of Obama and Hilary, Trump should stop posting/tweeting about fake news. It just hurts his image and his credibility. The attack on news outlets has even drawn criticisms from within his own party. For example, George W. Bush, DUBYAA for short, openly criticized Trump’s obsession with the media in an interview with the Today Show. 

While scrolling through his POTUS account, one tweet stuck out to me. It is him demanding for an investigation to be opened on Nancy Pelosi for having close ties with Russia. What made this stick out to me is how ironic it is that he is accusing people of having ties with Russia when he is currently under investigation for the same thing. It just seems like a very bad attempt to throw people off of his trail and gains some credibility. 

By the numbers, the tweet had seemed to have the best reaction from the audience was a tweet about unity. It makes sense that this one was the one that garnered the most support because it was over something everyone can get behind. If he can keep the attacks that aren't based on anything factual down, and continue to make unifying posts, Trump will continue to set the bar for how politicians can effectively use social media as a platform for mass communication.

Sources:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

https://twitter.com/POTUS

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/

https://www.facebook.com/donaldtrumpfanclub

https://www.instagram.com/teamtrumpofficial/

https://www.facebook.com/POTUS/