During an early morning Twitter spree on Tuesday, President Trump mistakenly retweeted a random guy calling him a fascist:
Holden immediately commented on his newfound fame:
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A few moments later, Trump undid the retweet and it vanished from his page. The president's retweet of a "Trump" train hitting a man with a CNN logo for a head stayed up. Jeva Lange
Update 7:40 a.m. ET: Trump decided against having the image of a train hitting a reporter on his page and deleted that tweet as well.
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