Impeachment trial: Trump sets presidential record for most tweets in a day
- Majority were retweets of messages from Republicans and other backers haranguing Democrats over impeachment trial
- In one hour alone, US President Donald Trump bashed out 41 tweets, or one every 88 seconds
US President Donald Trump set a presidential record for activity on his favourite social media platform Wednesday, tweeting and retweeting more than 140 times about the Senate impeachment trial, the Democrats who want to replace him and much, much more.
By 4:25pm (Eastern Time), Trump had barrelled through his previous record of 123 Twitter postings in a day that he set a little over a month ago, according to Factba.se, a service that compiles and analyses data on Trump’s presidency.
Trump set his all-time record for tweets in a day before he became president, with 161 posts in January 2015, according to Factba.se. Most of his tweeting that day was dedicated to plugging his reality television show.
Trump, who began his day in Davos, Switzerland, where he was attending the World Economic Forum, started his Wednesday morning by hammering out 41 tweets between 12am and 1am, or one every 88 seconds.
As the Senate trial began, Trump tweeted about his recent trade deal with China and praised President Xi Jinping as a “man who truly loves his country”.
The vast majority of his postings to his more than 71 million followers were retweets of messages, videos and images from Republican lawmakers and other backers haranguing Democrats over the impeachment trial.