--- title: J.K. Rowling Copies Donald Trump Twitter Style in Takedown description: J. K. Rowling copies Donald Trump's Twitter cadence and style in her latest takedown. canonical: https://time.com/5371492/j-k-rowling-trump-tweet/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-20T14:34:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:23.146Z og:title: J.K. Rowling Mimicks Donald Trump's Style in Takedown og:description: The result was a sharp rebuke og:url: https://time.com/5371492/j-k-rowling-trump-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt483f20508215eb02/6988c3be8fd2eea0ab356af1/jk-rowling_donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2952 og:image:height: 1661 og:image:alt: 170420_JK Rowling & Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Mimicks Donald Trump's Style in Takedown twitter:description: The result was a sharp rebuke twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt483f20508215eb02/6988c3be8fd2eea0ab356af1/jk-rowling_donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # J.K. Rowling Mimics Trump's Style With Her Latest Takedown > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME The Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition The Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. The day's top headlines, curated by TIME editors. The Brief brings TIME's perspective to the day's most important stories, helping readers understand not just what is happening, but why it matters. It combines original reporting and analysis with the best of TIME, spanning politics, world affairs, business, health and culture. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 20, 2018 2:34 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a queston during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks and answered questions from the audience during a town hall event with CEO's on the American business climate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a queston during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks and answered questions from the audience during a town hall event with CEO's on the American business climate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Jeff Spicer & Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 20, 2018 2:34 PM UTC There’s no doubt that [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4538245/jk-rowling-tweet-donald-trump/) is a talented writer, but when she’s not putting new Harry Potter adventures on paper, she is skewering President Donald [Trump](http://time.com/5346202/twitter-president-trump-ban/). Her latest work came after Trump issued a tweet after reports revealed that [White House](http://time.com/5371244/president-trump-white-house-lawyer-nixon/) counsel [Don McGahn](http://time.com/5371172/white-house-counsel-mcgahn-cooperated-mueller-probe/) has been cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation. In his tweet, Trump called the report “Fake News,” adding that “some members of the media… actually called to complain and apologize.” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/1031166466333323266) Rowling was less concerned with the content of the tweet than with the language and cadence Trump used in making his argument. To point out what she seems to believe is Trump’s linguistic immaturity, Rowling drafted her own tweet in response, mimicking his spelling and style, resulting in a sort of editorial takedown: “I do’nt care what Kids at School call me because they are all Disgusting Fake Losers,” Rowling tweeted. “My Real Friends go to a diffrent Scool you haven’t heard of and they think Im the Coolest and Smartest and we go to parties and I don’t have to tell you there Names for this to be True.” This isn’t the first time (and probably won’t be [the last](http://time.com/5002343/j-k-rowling-trump-caps-locked-tweet/)) that Rowling has called out [Trump on Twitter.](http://time.com/5329971/jk-rowling-laughs-at-trump-error/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5371492/j-k-rowling-trump-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5371492/j-k-rowling-trump-tweet/"},"headline":"J.K. 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