--- title: Donald Trump Trolls Critics on Instagram description: Republican presidential candidate and reality television star Donald Trump is trolling his frequent critics in the media. canonical: https://time.com/3955978/donald-trump-instagram-troll/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-13T19:06:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:29:09.573Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Trolls Critics on Instagram og:description: He cited Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. og:url: https://time.com/3955978/donald-trump-instagram-troll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd98948739cb7305b/69885a8c35ba6f7997c0e26f/donald_trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2900 og:image:height: 1631 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Trolls Critics on Instagram twitter:description: He cited Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd98948739cb7305b/69885a8c35ba6f7997c0e26f/donald_trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Trolls Critics on Instagram > Sponsored content. 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Highlights from Donald Trump's announcement to run for president._ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 13, 2015 7:06 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 13, 2015 7:06 PM UTC Republican presidential candidate and reality television star Donald Trump is trolling his frequent critics in the media, using clips of them to assert he’s not going anywhere. In an Instagram posting Monday, Trump clips video from MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rev. Al Sharpton and comedians Jon Stewart and Bill Maher highlighting his improbable rise in national polling. It follows a speech on Saturday in Phoenix in which Trump repeatedly called out critics in the media and elsewhere by name. **Read Next:** [_Donald Trump Outdoes Himself in Defiant Phoenix Speech_](http://time.com/3954739/donald-trump-phoenix/) ## Transcript Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running [ APPLAUSE ] for President of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again. [ APPLAUSE ] When Mexico sends it's people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some I assume are good people. But I speak to Border Guards. And they tell us what we're getting. We need a leader that can bring back our jobs, can bring back our manufacturing, can bring back our military. Can take care of our vets. Our vets have been abandoned. [ APPLAUSE ] And we also need a cheerleader. You know, when President Obama was elected I said, well the one thing I think he'll do well, I think he'll be a great cheerleader For the Country. I think he would be a great spirit. He was vibrant, I really thought that he would be a great cheerleader. I don't anybody's money. It's nice. I don't need anybody's money. I am using my own money. I am not using the lobbyist, I am not using donor's, I don't care. I am really rich. I assure you that. And by the way I am not even saying that, to [ UNKNOWN ]. That is the kind of mindset, that is the kind of thinking you need for this country. 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