Obama tops Trump on Twitter but both beaten by nugget quest
He may not be able to use the @POTUS Twitter account any longer, but Barack Obama’s tweets have proved more popular this year than Donald Trump’s.
Despite the current United States President’s prolific tweeting, it is his predecessor who dominates the website’s annual list of the most popular posts.
Obama’s tweet quoting Nelson Mandela, “no one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion”, had more than 1.7 million retweets, making it the second most popular tweet of the year.
It was tweeted on August 13 — a day after a white nationalist supporter drove his car into a crowd in ville.
Two other tweets of Obama’s tweets featured in the top 10 — both sent shortly before his departure from the White House. His last tweet as President, on Charlottes- January 20, said: “It’s been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.”
The other, also that month, said: “Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I’m asking you to believe not in my ability to create change, but in yours.”
None of Trump’s tweets have made the list, despite Trump being Twitter’s most followed world leader. He has tweeted more than 2000 times since taking office.
The top tweet was a quest for 18 million retweets by Carter Wilkerson to earn a year’s supply of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s. He fell just short but the fastfood chain gave him the nuggets anyway for the effort.