AFP photo of Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump has spent a large amount of time during his presidency voicing his opinions on Twitter.
Trump's Twitter audience, which now numbers over 84 million accounts, are greeted with a barrage of commentary from the president on topics that tend to focus on his perceived enemies, TV ratings, polling of GOP voters and Trump's perceived victimhood.
On Monday, however, Trump lashed out at the Twitter's trending topics, arguing that the conversation on the platform is unfavorable to him and even illegal.
"So disgusting to watch Twitter’s so-called 'Trending', where sooo many trends are about me, and never a good one," he whined. "They look for anything they can find, make it as bad as possible, and blow it up, trying to make it trend. Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!
Here's some of what people were saying about Trump's complaints:
It’s illegal for people to talk about the president? https://t.co/ADEElNWjm7— Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman) 1595889828.0
@realDonaldTrump "Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!" So now it's ILLEGAL for people to talk… https://t.co/KRHzNwXHbY— Jedi, Interrupted 🏳️🌈 (@Jedi, Interrupted 🏳️🌈) 1595889825.0
@realDonaldTrump If you resign, all the Twitter trends about you will be very good. The joy your resignation would… https://t.co/E51l4cDC45— Jennifer Taub (@Jennifer Taub) 1595890148.0
@realDonaldTrump 150,000 Americans have died.— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1595889778.0
@realDonaldTrump "They look for anything they can find" It doesn't take long. We just wait for you to open your mo… https://t.co/LSfRFusZSm— Jedi, Interrupted 🏳️🌈 (@Jedi, Interrupted 🏳️🌈) 1595890120.0
@realDonaldTrump You obviously don't know how "trends" work on Twitter. But then again, you don't know how anything works.— Angela Belcamino (@Angela Belcamino) 1595889851.0
@realDonaldTrump Poor little man— Mia Farrow (@Mia Farrow) 1595890052.0
@realDonaldTrump I’ll take “What is WHINY, BAD LEGAL TAKES?” for $1000, Alex!— Katie Phang (@Katie Phang) 1595890068.0
@realDonaldTrump Twitter has algorithms that rank trends based on how frequently something is tweeted. This is a r… https://t.co/AfszuBnrxf— Mrs. Krassenstein (@Mrs. Krassenstein) 1595889809.0
@realDonaldTrump Hey, Spanky...if you don't want to be "trending" for bad things, stop being a dickhead. Golfing w… https://t.co/D5GQqmPZ28— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1595890366.0
@realDonaldTrump ok my whiny crybaby bro, I'll bite. explain to us how making you "look bad" is illegal. please cit… https://t.co/pz2glMSp7j— Jeff Tiedrich (@Jeff Tiedrich) 1595890076.0
@realDonaldTrump by the way, loving this new serious tone and how much you're focused on the pandemic. tell us agai… https://t.co/YQ4vTKaUxM— Jeff Tiedrich (@Jeff Tiedrich) 1595890033.0
striking a more somber and reflective tone by whining about how unfair and illegal "twitter trends" are— darth™ (@darth™) 1595890573.0
Thank you to everyone who helped us humiliate him. He loves to see everyone humiliated (including his family) as lo… https://t.co/6UWaO0GOJD— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch.com) 1595890246.0
So disgusting that 150,000 Americans, who were living their lives 5 months ago, aren't. So disgusting that a… https://t.co/UgneAhU6ZW— Charles Adler (@Charles Adler) 1595890772.0
Thousands of people are dying and the President of the United States is focused on what people are saying about him… https://t.co/Qspmqws60Z— Renato Mariotti (@Renato Mariotti) 1595890434.0
Being a whiny titty baby aside, how the fuck is any of it "illegal"? You don't really get how laws work. https://t.co/39cp2ABrtP— The Rude Pundit (@The Rude Pundit) 1595890631.0
Not ridiculous. Not unfair. But really not illegal. Someone remind this guy he hasn’t totally been allowed to outla… https://t.co/2KdTuqfAFk— Bryan Behar (@Bryan Behar) 1595890800.0
he is calling free speech illegal 😭 https://t.co/6LeptChDhR— alex (@alex) 1595890929.0
150,000 Americans are dead because of Trump’s incompetence, and he thinks he’s the real victim because of some mean… https://t.co/gG0SjyzOII— Matt O'Brien (@Matt O'Brien) 1595890597.0
In a time of historic national anxiety and unrest, it's comforting to know that the president is focused like a las… https://t.co/IajBTA1Zg9— Robert Maguire (@Robert Maguire) 1595890575.0
Illegal? Lmfao. Imagine focusing on shit like this with a pandemic destroying the country, 20% real unemployment an… https://t.co/jM1oXcpjv9— Secular Talk (@Secular Talk) 1595889998.0
you ever think maybe nothing nice ever trends about you bc everyone hates your fucking guts? https://t.co/ckZa51vSc5— Tyler Conway (@Tyler Conway) 1595890537.0
Illegal? Vladimir, is that you? https://t.co/9vKqdVvxSU— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) 1595889780.0
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or a… https://t.co/T34ntxjP3b— John Schwartz (@John Schwartz) 1595890487.0
Here's how to make sure you never have to see it again: https://t.co/tF7xNU5OpH https://t.co/xh1YYO79Qr— Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil (@Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil) 1595889935.0
