--- title: Trump Tweets About 2016 Election During Hurricane Harvey description: In the midst of a series of tweets about Hurricane Harvey, Trump discussed 2016 election, border wall and NAFTA canonical: https://time.com/4917425/donald-trump-twitter-hurricane-harvey-2016-election/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-27T14:44:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:10:41.130Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Tweets About 2016 Election in the Midst of Hurricane Harvey og:description: He spent the morning tweeting about a slew of topics og:url: https://time.com/4917425/donald-trump-twitter-hurricane-harvey-2016-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4164 og:image:height: 2342 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP-RALLY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Tweets About 2016 Election in the Midst of Hurricane Harvey twitter:description: He spent the morning tweeting about a slew of topics twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Tweets About 2016 Election and Border Wall in the Midst of Hurricane Harvey > Sponsored content. 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NICHOLAS KAMM—AFP/Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Aug 27, 2017 2:44 PM UTC In the midst of a series of tweets about [Hurricane Harvey](http://time.com/4917205/hurricane-harvey-what-to-know/) Sunday morning, [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4916977/donald-trump-fema-chief-hurricane-harvey/) shared a reminder of his 2016 presidential victory, asserted that Mexico will pay for the border wall and threatened to terminate NAFTA renegotiations. Trump’s first tweet of the morning was a link to a book, “Cop Under Fire” by Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Jr. A controversial figure, Clarke has called the [Black Lives Matter](http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/07/11/sheriff-david-clarke-its-time-to-stand-up-to-black-lives-matter.html) movement a “domestic hate group” and categorized [Planned Parenthood](https://www.facebook.com/MilwaukeeCountySheriffDavidAClarkeJr/posts/1003650616388650) as a “destructive racist organization” Trump, who is currently at Camp David, quickly pivoted to the storm sweeping through Texas — vowing to visit the state, which is currently getting battered by Harvey despite it being downgraded to a tropical storm, as soon as he could “without causing disruption.” “The focus must be life and safety,” he tweeted. This was the third tweet he had sent about the hurricane Sunday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901791391130554370) But about 15 minutes later, he tweeted that Texas would not be the only state he was visiting. “I will also be going to a wonderful state, Missouri, that I won by a lot in ’16\. Dem C.M. is opposed to big tax cuts. Republican will win S!” h wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901795255086968833) “C.M.” is presumably a reference to [Claire McCaskill](http://motto.time.com/4514453/claire-mccaskill-donald-trump-weight/), the Democratic senator from Missouri who is up for reelection in 2018\. The White House has not released any details about this visit. Shortly after, Trump shifted his Twitter discourse back to Harvey, assuring his social media followers that all would end well despite the unprecedented nature of the storm, which has been linked to at least two deaths in Texas. “Now experts are calling #Harvey a once in 500 year flood! We have an all out effort going, and going well!” he wrote. He did not mention any of the [reported fatalities.](http://time.com/4917205/hurricane-harvey-what-to-know/) He then switched back to political commentary, tweeting that Mexico would pay for his border wall with Mexico, even though a[ leaked transcript](http://time.com/4885584/donald-trump-mexico-wall-transcript-call/) of a phone call with the country’s President Enrique Peña Nieto revealed Nieto was refusing to pay for it. Trump also threatened to end ongoing negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement because Mexico and Canada are being “difficult.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901804388649500672) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901802524981817344) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4917425/donald-trump-twitter-hurricane-harvey-2016-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4917425/donald-trump-twitter-hurricane-harvey-2016-election/"},"headline":"President Trump Tweets About 2016 Election and Border Wall in the Midst of Hurricane Harvey","datePublished":"2017-08-27T14:44:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:10:41.130Z","description":"He spent the morning tweeting about a slew of topics","url":"https://time.com/4917425/donald-trump-twitter-hurricane-harvey-2016-election/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime","hurricane harvey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-RALLY","caption":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-RALLY","creditText":"NICHOLAS KAMM—AFP/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/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4917425/donald-trump-twitter-hurricane-harvey-2016-election/","name":"President Trump Tweets About 2016 Election and Border Wall in the Midst of Hurricane Harvey"}}]}] ```