President Donald Trump had made Twitter a defining part of his public relations style even before the 2016 presidential campaign, but now that he has been in office for over 8 months, many of his tweets from before the election have come back to haunt him.
As many on Twitter have noted, there seems to be an old Trump tweet for every current situation, ranging from Trump’s firing of his communications chiefs to his handling of Hurricane Maria.
Here are the 9 of the best ones:
This Trump tweet from 2012 criticised former President Barack Obama for having three chiefs of staff in three years, but so far, Trump's White House has had a much faster turnover rate at two chiefs of staff in less than seven months.
Trump again called out Obama in 2013 for spending time on politics in sports, saying he has 'far bigger problems.' In the past few weeks, Trump has criticised the entire NFL for allowing players to kneel during the national anthem.
In 2012, Trump blasted Obama for his response to Hurricane Sandy, tweeting, 'There is no excuse why people don't have electricity or fuel yet.' Weeks after Hurricane Maria, most of Puerto Rico remains without power.
Trump criticised Republicans as 'the worst negotiators in history' after they agreed to raise the debt ceiling in 2013. Yet Trump himself reached a deal with Democrats within hours of starting negotiations, and suspended the debt ceiling for another three months.
In 2014, Trump shared a tweet urging him not to run for president because 'the rest of the world would be screwed.' Trump's response -- 'So true (except friends)!'
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