Republicans fret Trump Twitter habit providing diminishing returns

Published June 30, 2020 4:00am ET



As he heads into the political fight of his life, President Trump’s go-to Twitter weapon may be failing him.

Not only is Twitter itself increasingly attaching warnings and disclaimers to Trump’s tweets, his social media postings continue to generate controversy and criticism, most recently when he retweeted a video in which a supporter used the phrase “white power.” He then deleted the tweet, and the White House said he had not heard the phrase.

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