"Is your father crazy?"
"His recent actions are incomprehensible to me."
Martin said to Ivanka over the phone.
Ivanka said with a bitter laugh: "Haha, my father isn't crazy, alright? Well, he's almost driven crazy by the 'Russiagate' investigation. He just wants to use these shocking and vulgar statements to divert public attention."
Martin thought to himself: I'm afraid there's also an element of playing dumb. If 'Russiagate' finally blows up, he can blame it on being a fool doing stupid things.
In the original timeline, after Trump was impeached, he said something like this: "I just did some stupid things, that wasn't my intention, I was deceived!"
June 5, 2020.
Amid the prolonged pandemic and surging protest waves in the US, Trump posted 200 tweets in a single day, 37 of which were original, the rest were shares and retweets.
Averaging one tweet every 7 minutes and 12 seconds, this "four hundred and thirteen" broke his previous single-day record of 142 tweets.
He also broke the record for most tweets in a single hour: 79.
Around 1 AM on June 5th, Trump posted his first tweet of the day, congratulating a US hostage released from Iran.
Afterwards, Trump began a frenzy of tweeting, including tagging over a dozen Republican Senators.
After 8 AM, Trump started his crazy "rainbow farts."
First, he tweeted praise for Idaho Governor Brad Little for pushing the state into Phase 3 of reopening after the pandemic.
"Great job, Brad!" Trump tweeted.
Minutes later, Trump praised Senator Mike Crapo's healthcare advantage bill.
At 8:30 AM, Trump posted the May employment report, which showed the US unemployment rate was 13.3%.
Trump wrote: "Great job, President Trump!"
That's right, I'm praising myself.
At noon, Trump posted a poll on Twitter, claiming his support rate among black voters was 40%.
After lunch, Trump attacked Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser as "incompetent."
Not long before, Bowser had allowed the phrase "Black Lives Matter" to be painted in huge yellow letters on 16th Street, just a block from the White House.
Two hours later, Trump called himself a "big fan" of NFL player Brees, but then criticized Brees for kneeling during the national anthem, warning: "You cannot kneel when you're under our flag."
Next, an angry Trump attacked Bowser again, calling her "totally incompetent," and "She is a weak, useless person."
At 10 PM, Trump posted a video on Twitter.
In the video, a right-wing figure claimed that Floyd, who was killed by violent law enforcement, "is no hero," and "It makes me sick that he's being held up as a martyr."
Minutes later, Trump shared a video related to Democratic presidential candidate Biden stumbling, but the video had previously been verified as fake.
Trump's final tweet of the day was promoting a book by one of his black supporters.
This supporter was under scrutiny for allegedly running a non-profit organization with suspicious "cash gifts."
However, since Trump signed the executive order targeting social media on May 28th, Twitter, in a countermove, had labeled several of Trump's tweets with "Glorifies violence" and "Misleading information" tags.
The "war" between the US President and social media thus erupted.
On June 3rd, the Trump campaign released a new promotional video. This public service advertisement expressed condolences for Floyd while also strongly urging social unity.
Bafflingly, this rare "positive" ad was removed by Twitter the very next day, citing copyright issues related to the materials used.
The Trump campaign responded fiercely to this incident, directly naming and condemning Twitter founder Jack Dorsey for intentionally restricting the president's news distribution.
Ivanka called Martin again: "Honey, is this really necessary?"
Martin said: "I told you before, there are people behind 'Russiagate' pushing it. Your father needs to suppress the attention on it by creating even bigger news. Clashing with social media isn't a bad choice, we tried it before, the effect wasn't bad, and besides—"
Martin paused before continuing: "Besides, social media is controllable. They are all my companies."
The next day.
"It's ridiculous, illegal, and of course very unfair!" Trump once again directed his anger at Twitter, this time because of their trending topics...
"Look at Twitter's so-called 'Trending' list, it's really disgusting. There are so many trending topics about me, but not a single good one. They'll dig up anything they can find, try their best to twist it, then make it 'trend,' trying to turn it into a hot search," Trump criticized. "It's ridiculous, illegal, and of course very unfair!"
Twitter officials were quick to issue a statement refuting this...
"'Trending' is very fair, whoever has high high views can trend... Our Mr. President is here complaining; perhaps he should think carefully about why his bizarre behaviors get pushed to the 'Trending' list. He should rein it in a bit."
Mainstream US media also joined in.
The Hill reported, "In recent months, Trump's relationship with Twitter has become increasingly contentious. In May, Twitter for the first time ever labeled a Trump tweet with a 'Fact Check' tag, followers the tweet could contain misleading information. Subsequently, Trump repeatedly posted counter-attacks, criticizing Twitter for 'interfering in the 2020 November election.'"
The Washington Post stated: "The President really should reflect on his behavior. He is no longer the businessman he was before, but represents the image of the USA. He is almost becoming a laughingstock, and the USA is about to become a joke with him."
The New York Times issued a statement: "It's truly laughable that Trump thinks Twitter is specifically targeting the election. He must remember that he previously relied on speaking out on platforms like Twitter and Facebook to counter Hillary in the court of public opinion."
Trump continued to speak out.
As a frequent Twitter user who often "governs by tweet," Trump expressed in an interview on Friday that he often regrets tweeting "too quickly."
On July 2nd, during an interview with famous sports blogger Dave Portnoy, Trump stated that he is often criticized for using his Twitter account.
He gave an example, saying that if you write a letter poorly, you can still put it on the desk and not send it out.
"But we don't do that on Twitter, we immediately push it out. It feels great when you send it, but then you start receiving criticism."
"Most of the time I really enjoy using Twitter." Trump felt that in a world filled with "fake news," having a platform to convey the truth, with a loud enough voice, was extremely important.
Trump also indicated that he found the trouble usually came not from his own original content, but from his retweets.
"You just see something and think it's not bad, but you don't delve into investigating what it really is, and most of the time you don't feel it's necessary to investigate. Then I find that often it's this kind of post that brings me trouble."