--- title: Donald Trump: The Best #WhenTrumpIsElected Tweets description: Twitter has a few feelings about what would happen if Donald Trump is elected President. canonical: https://time.com/3975218/donald-trump-twitter-when-elected/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-28T17:20:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:22:42.747Z og:title: Here's What Twitter Thinks President Donald Trump Will Do og:description: Everyone would have toupee the price og:url: https://time.com/3975218/donald-trump-twitter-when-elected/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacb3d235905ab8d3/69885c69a988cab9646b39c2/gettyimages-481701312.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Tours U.S. Border In Texas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Twitter Thinks President Donald Trump Will Do twitter:description: Everyone would have toupee the price twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacb3d235905ab8d3/69885c69a988cab9646b39c2/gettyimages-481701312.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Twitter Thinks President Donald Trump Will Do > Sponsored content. 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Since the billionaire businessman announced his candidacy for President in June, he has alienated Latinos, rankled the GOP establishment and horrified some with his blustery rhetoric. But he’s also leading most national polls for the Republican nomination, and if no press is bad press, then Trump knows what he’s doing: [This chart](http://labs.time.com/2015/07/20/donald-trump/) shows his rapid rise in media coverage since his campaign launch. Still, it leaves people wondering what America would actually be like if The Donald were elected. Naturally, Twitter has some theories—and a lot of bad hair jokes: > [](https://twitter.com/JadeskiFL/status/625712779727667200) > [](https://twitter.com/MiVidaSeattle/status/625809383868346370) > [](https://twitter.com/gregpizarrojr/status/625807469948698624) > [](https://twitter.com/EddieDellaSiepe/status/625775017540784128) > [](https://twitter.com/paul%5Flander/status/625755862204743680) > [](https://twitter.com/candeeeland/status/625745153618083840) > [](https://twitter.com/shelikesitloud/status/625719959285596160) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3975218/donald-trump-twitter-when-elected/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3975218/donald-trump-twitter-when-elected/"},"headline":"Here's What Twitter Thinks President Donald Trump Will Do","datePublished":"2015-07-28T17:20:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:42.747Z","description":"Everyone would have toupee the price","url":"https://time.com/3975218/donald-trump-twitter-when-elected/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","twitter","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacb3d235905ab8d3/69885c69a988cab9646b39c2/gettyimages-481701312.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacb3d235905ab8d3/69885c69a988cab9646b39c2/gettyimages-481701312.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Tours U.S. Border In Texas","caption":"Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Tours U.S. Border In Texas","creditText":"Matthew Busch—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3975218/donald-trump-twitter-when-elected/","name":"Here's What Twitter Thinks President Donald Trump Will Do"}}]}] ```