Trump retweets negative post about himself by accident
Aug 15, 2017, 7:29 AM | Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 11:29 am
(AP Photo)
(AP Photo)
PHOENIX — President Donald Trump retweeted then deleted a message that called him a fascist and retweeted then deleted a cartoon of a train running over a reporter.
Trump deleted his retweet early Tuesday, which focused on a Fox News story about his possible pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, after about five minutes. But by then his 35 million followers has gotten it.
A Twitter account with the handle @MikeHolden42 tweeted that Trump was a fascist and tagged Trump and the news show “Fox and Friends.”
I'm announcing my retirement from Twitter. I'll never top this RT. pic.twitter.com/HuGHkiPoyR
— Mike Holden (@MikeHolden42) August 15, 2017
Trump retweeted the message to his followers. That unleashed a wave of responses to Holden, who lives in England, and media requests for interviews.
The president had already retweeted a Fox News story about Trump’s thoughts on Arpaio.
During that talk, Trump said he was “seriously considering” granting the 85-year-old a pardon.
Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt of court two weeks ago over defying federal orders to stop his immigration patrols.
The longtime Trump supporter recently told Fox he would accept a pardon “because I am 100 percent not guilty.”
Trump also retweeted, then deleted, an image of a train running over a CNN reporter. The tweet was captured in a screenshot.
The Republican has a running feud with the cable news channel, one of many media outlets he has referred to as “fake news.”
The tweet, which was posted around 4 a.m., came just a few days after an antidiscrimination protester was run over and killed at a white supremacist rally in Virginia.
