--- title: Lin-Manuel Miranda Sings Donald Trump's Tweets Like a Musical description: Lin-Manuel Miranda put Donald Trump's tweets to good use by making a musical out of the presidential candidate's online musings. canonical: https://time.com/4501751/lin-manuel-miranda-donald-trumps-tweets-musical/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-20T20:12:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:46.227Z og:title: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Turn Trump's Tweets Into a Musical og:description: It's Donald Trump as you've never heard him before og:url: https://time.com/4501751/lin-manuel-miranda-donald-trumps-tweets-musical/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16aed6016f9b2fbc/6988a6e0cf40a86925c44e3c/lin-manuel-miranda-donald-trump-tweets-musical.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: "Grease: Live" Panel & Reception og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Turn Trump's Tweets Into a Musical twitter:description: It's Donald Trump as you've never heard him before twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16aed6016f9b2fbc/6988a6e0cf40a86925c44e3c/lin-manuel-miranda-donald-trump-tweets-musical.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Turn Donald Trump's Tweets Into the Musical You Never Knew You Needed to See > Sponsored content. 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The [_Hamilton_](http://time.com/4300102/lin-manuel-miranda-time-100-video/) creator proved that he could make a musical out of even the most unorthodox materials when he crafted a musical for [_GQ_](http://www.gq.com/story/lin-manuel-miranda-trump-tweets), completely comprised entirely of [tweets by Donald Trump](http://time.com/4493710/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-questions-twitter/). While holding court on the top floor of a New York City sightseeing tour bus, Miranda sang tweets that the presidential candidate had written. A choice example? “”Happy Thanksgiving to all–even the haters and losers” and other holiday greetings, which Miranda miraculously made sound like full-fledged songs for what the magazine titled, _Trump the Musical_. You can watch Miranda sing his heart out below. 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