Trump deletes series of controversial and chaotic morning tweets

Trump recently returned to Trump Tower, where he has been firing off tweets.

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published 15 August 2017

President Trump spent his first morning at home in Trump Tower since his inauguration retweeting a distasteful meme and, in an apparent accident, a random user calling him a fascist.

While Trump eventually deleted both tweets, the first — an image of a "Trump" train hitting a man with a CNN logo for a head — drew criticism for coming shortly after a pro-Trump white nationalist drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville and killed one woman:

On Monday night, Trump also retweeted alt-right personality and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec:

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That retweet remains on his page. Jeva Lange

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article misstated that Trump had deleted his retweet of Jack Posobiec. It has been fixed. We regret the error.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.