--- title: Donald Trump: See His Most Popular Tweets Ever description: President Donald Trump's most popular tweets of all time prove that he has honed the art of the attack canonical: https://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-28T11:01:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:11.364Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Top Tweets of All Time Show a Stark Divide og:description: A mix of statements his supporters love and old tweets his critics recirculate. og:url: https://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8231bd7256c47989/6988cb092dce01c6c49ed3ba/gettyimages-674046018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Signs Aluminum Imports Memorandum At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Top Tweets of All Time Show a Stark Divide twitter:description: A mix of statements his supporters love and old tweets his critics recirculate. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8231bd7256c47989/6988cb092dce01c6c49ed3ba/gettyimages-674046018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Top Tweets of All Time Show a Stark Divide by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 28, 2017 11:01 AM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump looks on after signing a Memorandum on Aluminum Imports and Threats to National Security in the Oval Office on April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery - Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump looks on after signing a Memorandum on Aluminum Imports and Threats to National Security in the Oval Office on April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery - Pool/Getty Images)Pool, Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 28, 2017 11:01 AM UTC Since joining Twitter in March of 2009, [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4703614/travel-ban-judges-donald-trump-words/) has fired off nearly [35,000 tweets](http://time.com/4724135/donald-trump-tweets-retweets-didnt-age-well/) ranging from provocative jabs at Democrats to his thoughts on Diet Coke. But 10 of those tweets stand above the rest for receiving the most retweets. The most popular tweets show a stark divide between statements—both positive and negative—that his supporters loved and [old remarks that his critics recirculated](http://time.com/4724135/donald-trump-tweets-retweets-didnt-age-well/) to embarrass or criticize him. **MORE:** [_Read the Top 10 Tweets of Trump’s First 100 Days_](http://time.com/4758839/trump-100-days-tweets/) Below are Trump’s most retweeted tweets of all time, according to data provided by Twitter. 1\. Trump’s celebratory tweet on Election Day was retweeted by triumphant supporters. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/795954831718498305) 2\. Trump’s first message as President-elect, which echoed [his victory speech](http://time.com/4567949/forgotten-man-donald-trump/) about the economically neglected, was also shared widely. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/796315640307060738) 3\. An old tweet about [President Obama’s divisive deal to return Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl](http://time.com/4724135/donald-trump-tweets-retweets-didnt-age-well/) to the U.S. in exchange for the release of Afghan terror suspects detained at Guanatamo Bay was recirculated by critics during Trump’s first week in office and whenever the Administration ran into trouble. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/474134260149157888) 4\. A snarky line about his Democratic rival during the 2016 campaign was also popular. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/741007091947556864) 5\. Trump’s frustration when then-Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was about to lose the election in 2012 took on a new life when his detractors happily deployed this missive to target Trump—who lost the [popular vote](http://time.com/4571185/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote/) by nearly 3 million votes—when he was sworn in on January 20. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/266038556504494082) 6\. Another perennial old tweet was one of many [holiday-timed bones he has tossed](http://time.com/4619941/donald-trump-new-years-eve-tweet/) out to “haters and losers.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/815185071317676033) 7\. This Obama-era tweet was one of Trump’s routine criticisms of the potential for American military involvement in [Syria](http://time.com/4757298/turkey-united-states-militias-kurdish-ypg/), which his critics recirculated when the Trump Administration launched Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield on April 6. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/373743492151136256) 8\. Addressing the backlash to Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican national convention, which borrowed phrases from Michelle Obama’s 2008 address, Trump ridiculed the [media’s attention](http://time.com/4415073/donald-trump-melania-trumprnc-speech/). > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/755788382618390529) 9\. Critics regularly recirculate [an old tweet](http://time.com/4712153/climate-change-deniers-donald-trump-epa-global-warming/) in which Trump calls climate change a hoax. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/265895292191248385) 10\. Trump’s simple Twitter announcement on the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro also gained attention. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/802499192237080576) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/"},"headline":"President Trump's Top Tweets of All Time Show a Stark Divide","datePublished":"2017-04-28T11:01:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:11.364Z","description":"What his 10 most popular tweets reveal","url":"https://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Newsfeed","Social Media","politics","viral","twitter","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8231bd7256c47989/6988cb092dce01c6c49ed3ba/gettyimages-674046018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8231bd7256c47989/6988cb092dce01c6c49ed3ba/gettyimages-674046018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Signs Aluminum Imports Memorandum At The White House","caption":"President Trump Signs Aluminum Imports Memorandum At The White House","creditText":"Pool, Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/","name":"President Trump's Top Tweets of All Time Show a Stark Divide"}}]}] ```