Uh oh…. He’s back. It looks like Elon Musk has decided to give former President Donald Trump back his account after three long years, and supporters and critics alike are all tuned in to watch for the GOP nominee’s next tweet.
“He’s back” is trending on X, so it’s safe to say the public is ready for more Trump tweets. And if the former president is truly back on X, then this means his unhinged but classic tweets are sure to follow. In honor of Trump graciously returning to X, let’s take a look at his most iconic shenanigans on the app.
“Covfefe”
To this day, many Americans still don’t know what the former president meant when he tweeted the word “covfefe.” Actually he tweeted this, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe” in 2017.
Although it was an obvious misspelling of “coverage,” Trump played along with the internet joke, even challenging people to decipher the meaning of his made-up word.
The Insurrection on the US Capitol
It all started with a tweet and a speech.
Jan. 6, 2021 went down as a day that will forever live in infamy. The former president was impeached citing his role in the violent attack on the Capitol which left multiple people dead, and he still is facing several lawsuits— notably in Georgia— for allegedly interfering with state elections.
Trump woke up bright and early that historic day to tell his supporters to “STAY STRONG!” and demand that former Vice President Mike Pence not certify the 2020 election which Trump lost.
After a memorable list of back-to-back tweets about alleged fraudulent votes happening across the nation, Trump stood in front of a crowd of red hat wearers to suggest they march to the Capitol to “peacefully and patriotically” protest.
As we all know, the protest was anything but peaceful, as thousands of insurrectionists breeched the nation’s Capitol, damaging property, attacking security, and intimidating politicians
Donald Trump vs Kim Jong Un
During his four-year term, the former president spoke multiple times about his rocky relationship with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Back in 2017, Trump took to X to ask why Jong Un insulted him when the U.S. president wouldn’t do the same.
Despite his promise to “NEVER call him [Jong Un] ‘short and fat,’” Trump did just that. He went on to say how he tried “so hard” to be Jong Un’s friend.
Throughout Trump’s presidency, the world saw tensions between the two leaders grow. In early 2018, the former president took to X to call out Jong Un again saying “…please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”
“Fake News”
Do we need to say more?
Trump has made it excruciatingly clear how little he thinks of media outlets who post “fake news” about him. The former president coined the term back in 2016, but since then, “fake news” has become just as quotable as his actual slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
Reports from The Independent show Trump has publicly referred to journalists and media organizations as “fake news” over 2,000 times, and even a live document, created by the Press Freedom Tracker shows exactly how Trump feels about the Press.
No matter how you feel about him, you have to admit, Trump definitely has a way with words… even if they’re factually incorrect.
It’s unclear if the former president will remain on X throughout election season, but one thing users can expect is entertainment in the meantime.