Most of the tweets President Donald Trump has “liked” on Twitter are what you’d expect: tweets about his wife speaking with students, his daughter speaking with survivors of human trafficking, people congratulating him for his debate performances.
But one short-lived “like” on Thursday night was definitely an outlier.
Eagle-eyed Twitter users spotted (and screenshotted) a very bizarre “like” from Trump that came from @AHamiltonSpirit, an anti-Trump Twitter account.
“Also can you believe THIS?! RAPE….ORGIES….KOREA….TRUMP….WTF?!” the liked tweet began. “#Korea is a #DISTRACTION.”
This is an unusual move for the president on social media pic.twitter.com/7WMBnLCRFf
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 11, 2017
The @AHamiltonSpirit account was responding to an earlier tweet of Trump’s about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Congress’ failed efforts to repeal, or repeal and replace, the Affordable Care Act. The tweet also comes as tensions continue to rise between Trump and North Korea.
Which raises the question—was Trump thumbing through the millions of mentions he gets each day before liking the @AHamiltonSpirit tweet (perhaps accidentally)?
The tweet remained “liked” for approximately two hours, according to Twitter users monitoring the account. (Here’s an archived version of Trump’s “likes” page showing the tweet at the top of the list.)
While it’s unclear why the president “liked” the Korea-orgy tweet, he may have some bigger issues when it comes to his Twitter account.
Trump is currently being sued by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University for blocking members of the public from viewing his Twitter, an act that they argue violates the Constitution.
The suit, which was filed last month, comes as several other cases of politicians blocking constituents on social media have been decided in favor of those blocked in courts. Several judges have now agreed that social media has become a free speech right.