--- title: Trump Top Tweets of 2017, Trump Most Shared Tweets 100 Days description: Trump's 10 most popular tweets of his first 100 days, according to Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/4758839/trump-100-days-tweets/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-28T11:00:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:11.740Z og:title: Read the Top Tweets of Trump's First 100 Days og:description: These were his tweets that started the most conversations on the platform og:url: https://time.com/4758839/trump-100-days-tweets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8155382bfa3186a9/6988cb0d196cf447a903fe37/president-trump-100-days-photos-0491.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP-CONGRESS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Top Tweets of Trump's First 100 Days twitter:description: These were his tweets that started the most conversations on the platform twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8155382bfa3186a9/6988cb0d196cf447a903fe37/president-trump-100-days-photos-0491.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Top 10 Tweets of Trump's First 100 Days > Sponsored content. 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Trump (C) arrives to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February 2017\. / AFP / POOL / JIM LO SCALZO (Photo credit should read JIM LO SCALZO/AFP/Getty Images) US Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) applaud as US President Donald J. Trump (C) arrives to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February 2017\. / AFP / POOL / JIM LO SCALZO (Photo credit should read JIM LO SCALZO/AFP/Getty Images) AFP—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 28, 2017 11:00 AM UTC As he approaches his 100th day in office, [President Trump’s Twitter feed](http://time.com/4739898/trump-twitter-space-group/) is a telling log of what moved the [national conversation](http://time.com/4673380/donald-trump-tweets-president-analysis/). When it comes to Trump’s [most popular tweets of all time](http://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/), the President shared every last one of those before Inauguration Day. But since he was sworn in as the 45th President of America, 10 tweets stand out as the biggest conversation drivers. **MORE:** [_President Trump’s Top Tweets of All Time Show a Stark Divide_](http://time.com/4758366/trump-most-popular-tweets-ever/) When people share a Trump tweet it can mean two things, depending on who is using it. For critics, they’re weapons, and for supporters, they’re fuel. But one thing should be immediately clear. The most viral tweets of his first 100 days prove people were most interested in Trump’s messages on free speech and immigration, the media and terrorism, and also football. Below, the 10 most retweeted Trump tweets, which usually garnered 60,000 to 80,000 retweets, since Jan. 20, 2017, according to data provided by Twitter. 1\. Following protests at his inauguration, Trump [defended the protesters’ right to freedom of speech](http://time.com/4649891/protest-donald-trump/) in an uncharacteristically anodyne tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/823174199036542980) 2\. Trump [congratulated the winning Super Bowl team](http://time.com/4676035/donald-trump-tom-brady-2/), owned by his friend Robert Kraft. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828447350200926212) 3\. After a federal appeals court denied the Trump Administration’s request to stay a restraining order blocking his travel ban, Trump issued a threat. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/829836231802515457) 4\. In February, he again doubled down on his iconic promise. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827885966509604865) 5\. Trump, who long criticized the Obama Administration for being [too soft on Iran](http://time.com/4659638/donald-trump-middle-east-lebanon-arabs/), threatened the country in early February. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827478751931924480) 6\. He argued that the media had not accurately reported the national debt. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/835479283699224576) 7\. He celebrated his victory on his Inauguration Day. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/822502270503972872) 8\. After members of the Administration argued that the travel ban was not a ban, Trump stepped into the debate. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/826774668245946368) 9\. Trump [threatened to revoke federal funding from U.C. Berkeley](http://time.com/4657932/donald-trump-berkeley-funding/) following protests on the campus that turned destructive forced the cancellation of an event with controversial conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256) 10\. He criticized ISIS. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/825721153142521858) As Trump-related news dropped at a breakneck speed since January 20, the battle for public opinion erupted online. According to Twitter, Trump drove the conversation most on Twitter overall on the six dates below: 1\. Jan. 20, 2017: Inauguration Day 2\. Jan. 28-29, 2017: When Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries. 3\. Jan. 25: When Trump signed an executive order [greenlighting construction](//time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/) of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. 4\. Feb. 16, 2017: When Trump held a spirited press conference. 5\. Feb. 9, 2017: When White House counselor Kellyanne Conway drew criticism for endorsing the First Daughter’s fashion brand in a televised news interview. 6\. March 4, 2017: When Trump shared an unsubstantiated accusation of Obama for wiretapping his phones at Trump Tower during the campaign. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4758839/trump-100-days-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4758839/trump-100-days-tweets/"},"headline":"Read the Top 10 Tweets of Trump's First 100 Days","datePublished":"2017-04-28T11:00:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:11.740Z","description":"Here's what got everyone talking the most","url":"https://time.com/4758839/trump-100-days-tweets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","Donald Trump","trump 100 days"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8155382bfa3186a9/6988cb0d196cf447a903fe37/president-trump-100-days-photos-0491.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":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8155382bfa3186a9/6988cb0d196cf447a903fe37/president-trump-100-days-photos-0491.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-CONGRESS","caption":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-CONGRESS","creditText":"AFP—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4758839/trump-100-days-tweets/","name":"Read the Top 10 Tweets of Trump's First 100 Days"}}]}] ```