For a few fleeting, cuddly hours, the next president of the United States subscribed to a Twitter account dedicated to adorable cats.
President-elect Donald Trump briefly followed Emergency Kittens on Twitter Sunday. The account curates some of the cutest cat photos, GIFs, and memes you’ll find online. Here’s one for example:
https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815705419268182016
The addition would not be notable were it not for the fact that Trump follows a mere 42 accounts on the social network—a list comprising mostly family members, hotel properties, business associates, and conservative news outlets and commentators—and has a history of inexplicably retweeting random people on the platform, a trend Saturday Night Live recently spoofed.
Twitter immediately noticed the change.
https://twitter.com/maloonds/status/815756710954549248
https://twitter.com/wtfniaII/status/815759019793059840
https://twitter.com/Swirfty/status/815743686877335556
But Trump didn’t stick around for long. He unfollowed the account without even waiting to see the punchline to this joke the @EmrgencyKittens account tried to slide into his DMs.
https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815799727010656256
It’s a shame really. We could all use more cute cats in our lives. Here are a few more, just for good measure.
https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815916812441448448
https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815599725638516736
https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815433597565997056
H/T Mashable