It was early Monday evening when President Donald Trump highlighted what he obviously considered the quote of the day from the Senate hearing on the investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 election.
Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/ Russia and Trump.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017
Trump is not known for subtlety, and while he could simply have “pinned” that tweet to the top of his Twitter page, the text was instead superimposed onto his account’s header image.
check out Trump's Twitter homepage photo…
— Edward Lechner (@elechner1) May 9, 2017
Well that's not something you see every day. pic.twitter.com/cegTqOEM4F
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) May 9, 2017
Wow. pic.twitter.com/UrrxHQMYyO
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) May 9, 2017
Say what you will but Trump is innovating here, a new form of pinned tweet. https://t.co/PszhWui8su
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) May 9, 2017
Agreed. Super-pinning is the new tweetstorming. https://t.co/icDoeDZY1R
— PROF. JEFF JARVISS (@ProfJeffJarviss) May 9, 2017
It’s got everything, including another whack at the “fake media” and the incidental image of a big thumbs up from as many as would fit in the frame. Too much? Then again, after months and months of #TrumpRussia tweets from D.C. to Hollywood, “shouting” might be the best option.
oh god, the banner pic.twitter.com/hwu4s79dLI
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) May 9, 2017
omg he really changed his banner to this. pic.twitter.com/LLuqTkxeha
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) May 9, 2017
This header photo is the most presidential header photo on Twitter: pic.twitter.com/3gBHXO7BGE
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 9, 2017
I almost typed "unbelievable". And then I realized it's utterly normal with this guy. #Trumprussia https://t.co/QJBu0lDwq9
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 9, 2017
I truly hope no one tries to normalize repurposing the text of tweets on cover photos. It's not normal, and it's not ok.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) May 9, 2017
Yeah, well, we’d hoped that no one would try to normalize the use of the word “normalize” to describe any acknowledgement of Trump as something other than the spawn of Satan and Hitler, but we were distracted by all the “Nasty Woman” T-shirts and pussy hats and fantasies about blowing up the White House and riots and death wishes from university professors.
This is the header of the president of the United States' political/personal Twitter account pic.twitter.com/TjgSITBNY6
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/861750160614989831
https://twitter.com/cxcope/status/861752736081219586
"Getting a staffer to Photoshop your tweet denying collusion with Russia into your banner image" is untold levels of Not Mad pic.twitter.com/M2kUZkkG2W
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) May 9, 2017
Never really believed there was collusion between Trump & Russia.. until he just put that twitter header up.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 9, 2017
But what effect will Trump’s Twitter header have on former interim Attorney General Sally Yates and her 2020 presidential campaign? That was supposed to be the big takeaway from Monday’s hearing.
Impossible to fact check everything but today Acting AG said she told the WH Counsel that the Nat Sec Adviser was compromised by Russians https://t.co/LmAtPbwuxV
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 9, 2017
Note too how social media noise about Trump's outrageous banner can step on #SallyYates real news on #TrumpRussia. cc @RVAwonk @propornot
— chris zappone (@chrizap) May 9, 2017
Preach. https://t.co/uXQqlRRj7m
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 9, 2017
This is actually the one thing he's really good at. Making noise and creating distraction. https://t.co/uXQqlRRj7m
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 9, 2017
In other news, sometimes a Twitter header image is just a Twitter header image.
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