Early in the morning, Trump retweeted a link from Fox & friends about the program's report on ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been found guilty of violating a court order for targeting suspected undocumented immigrants in traffic raids. Then, a user called @MikeHolden42 tweeted back at Trump that "he" is a fascist, referring to either Arpaio or Trump himself.
The retweet was quickly deleted from the President's feed. However, other Twitter users were just as swift in their screenshot-making abilities, documenting the retweet for everyone to see.
Did @realDonaldTrump just retweet someone calling Arpaio a fascist?? pic.twitter.com/DkEAjbiFLz
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 15, 2017
Mike Holden, the user whose post Trump had retweeted, subsequently announced his "retirement" from Twitter.
I'm announcing my retirement from Twitter. I'll never top this RT. pic.twitter.com/HuGHkiPoyR
— Mike Holden (@MikeHolden42) August 15, 2017
Right before he retweeted Holden's publication, Trump made another gaffe by sharing a cartoon showing a meme where a Trump train hits CNN, a news network Trump has repeatedly blasted in the past.
The president's latest retweet pic.twitter.com/2DssdS032e
— Axios (@axios) August 15, 2017
The train retweet has already been deleted as well.
Update: the retweet is gone pic.twitter.com/j1TPEUEFWk
— Axios (@axios) August 15, 2017
