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President Trump loves Twitter. Its a direct stream-of-consciousness rant about whatever pops into his mind (or onto cable TV) at any given second. But here at Gizmodo we cant help but notice that something is a little different this week. The presidents Twitter feed has become, dare we say, restrained?
Yes, restrained is all relative, and theres always the danger of saying that Donald Trump is pivoting at the precise moment that he shows us hes the same man he always was. But theres a noticeable change in his tweets from the past few days. Just take a look at his tweets from this morning:
Thank you West Virginia! All across the country, Americans of every kind are coming together w/one simple goal: to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
12:19 AM - Aug 4, 2017
Toyota & Mazda to build a new $1.6B plant here in the U.S.A. and create 4K new American jobs. A great investment in American manufacturing!
6:02 AM - Aug 4, 2017
Consumer confidence is at a 16 year high....and for good reason. Much more regulation "busting" to come. Working hard on tax cuts & reform!
6:26 AM - Aug 4, 2017
Notice anything strange? Yes, Trump is still tweeting out things in a bombastic manner that would be considered ridiculous by normal presidential standards. But if you look at his most recent tweets, there is a lot less attacking of his enemies and a lot more emphasis on what he sees as positive developments. And its been happening all week.
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Link to article (comments are hilarious): http://gizmodo.com/something-weird-is-happening-with-president-trumps-twit-1797531716
hatrack
(59,446 posts)TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)And second, most people follow him because of his outrageous language. This tamed-down proxy tweeting will result in a loss of followers.
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)At that time it was being treated as a joke and that the followers really were bots and someone was rigging the numbers. Is this still happening. I don't have a twitter account so I don't follow Trump on twitter except for what gets posted here on DU or on the TV shows.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)...that's why he does it so often. He gets more retweets from Hillary than anything else.
But the tweets this week sound like they're written by a PR guy, or maybe General Kelly wrote 'em.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)Yeah, he'll lose the MAGA crowd in meat space, but with all those bots hanging on every word, who will notice?
Leith
(7,802 posts)1 - shitgibbon himself
2 - another person who tried to keep up with current events and sane comment on them
It was even said that you could tell what kind of phone it came from, that one was a iPhone, the other an Android, and the different types of tweets were sent out on the different phones.
Is my memory finally gone? Does anyone else remember this?
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)...but I'm not aware of her writing them in his name.
Maybe another family member? Not sure.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)But eventually Trump is going to get up at 4 AM and steal his phone back from Daddy.
DK504
(3,847 posts)car manufacturers just decide to open a car factory overnight like a ice cream stand. This was negotiated when President Obama was in office. What a boob.
Grammy23
(5,808 posts)He will co-operate with Kelly or anyone else attempting to curb his self destructive habits for just so long. But in the end he knows more, understands more than anyone else. And he will damn well do as he pleases. The only way they will restrain him from doing exactly what he wants to do, when he wants to is to bind him, hand and foot and gag him. The narcissism always drives him. Always. Anyone who thinks otherwise does so at their own peril. Makes one wonder if Kelly bothered to look at what happened to the other fools who thought they could control tRump. 👀
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Just trying to limit any damage he might do.
WhollyHeretic
(4,074 posts)Overall his tweets have been less insane this week. I'm guessing there will be a flood tomorrow morning.
Runningdawg
(4,496 posts)Twitter storm on the way.