President-elect Donald J. Trump may be known as one of the most controversial Twitter users on the planet. His tweets have derided and offended many, some personally, others in groups. They have caused panic from his campaign team, inflamed millions, and shown just how classless and unintelligent our future president is. Here are some of his worst tweets of all time, ranked:
11. "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." - November 6, 2012.
10. "Amazing how the haters & losers keep tweeting the name 'F**kface Von Clownstick' like they are so original & like no one else is doing it..." - May 3, 2013.
9. "'@mygreenhippo #BenCarson is now leading in the #polls in #Iowa. Too much #Monsato in the #corn creates issues in the brain? #Trump #GOP'" - October 22, 2015. (explanation: this was a retweet, which basically says that you have brain damage if you don't support Trump. Trump later deleted it and blamed a young intern for retweeting it.)
8. "'ADIOS, JEB aka Jose.'" - November 4, 2015. (explanation: this was a retweet that also had pictures with Jeb Bush wearing a sombrero and connecting him to the Nazis. It was deleted.)
7. "While @BetteMidler is an extremely unattractive woman, I refuse to say that because I always insist on being politically correct." - October 28, 2012 (explanation: ???)
6. "I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th." - September 11, 2013. (deleted exactly two years later... two YEARS)
5. "'@ForeverMcIn: @realDonaldTrump how much would it take for you to make out with Rosie O'Donnell?' One trillion, at least." - March 1, 2013.
4. "I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke." - October 14, 2012.
3. "@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man - he made a good decision." - August 28, 2012.
2. "#MakeAmericaGreatAgain" - July 14, 2015 (explanation: see image below that was attached to the tweet - the image contained Nazi soliders at the bottom. Yikes. Not to mention the already stupid slogan.)
1. (False crime statistics) "@SeanSean252: @WayneDupreeShow @Rockprincess818 @CheriJacobus" - November 22, 2015 (explanation: This retweet contained a picture with completely false crime statistics which was highly racially charged. See image below.)
Fact check: Whites killed by whites ~~ 82%; Whites killed by blacks ~~ 15%; Blacks killed by whites ~~ 7%; Blacks killed by blacks ~~ 89%; The "killed by police" statistics are harder to pin down, but in a July 11, 2016 story from the Washington Post, they tallied 1,502 people who were shot and killed by police officers since the start of 2015. Of that number, 732 were white, 381 were black, and 382 of another or unknown race. However, this is still alarming for the black community as whites make up 62% of the total U.S. population and blacks only make up 13%. This makes the number carry a much greater impact for blacks.
All of these tweets were pretty awful - whether it was false information, bashing other people, or just plain stupidity. But there are so many more tweets. If you are interested in reading thousands more of these inflammatory and discouraging tweets, feel free to visit the Trump Twitter Archive.
Tweets were from @realDonaldTrump on Twitter. Statistics were found at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp... and http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/fact-chec...