You get the feeling that Donald Trump does not really follow anybody on Twitter—that in the small hours of the morning, the swirling vortex of neuroses and grievances that drive him formulate themselves into a tweet, which he then punches out into the universe before staring at his mentions for the next 20 minutes, growing angrier and stronger, the vortex darkening and swirling until it forms another tweet, continuing the cycle.
As such, he only actually follows a couple dozen people—family members, his own businesses, “friendly” politicians and pundits, and, for a brief moment yesterday, the incredibly popular “Emergency Kittens” account. At some 1.85 million followers, Emergency Kittens is the premier source of cat-related content on Twitter, repurposing images of cats from elsewhere on the internet with pithy new Twitter-friendly commentary. Here are some good guys:
It is a fine Twitter account, and worthy of the president-elect’s attention, signaling perhaps that our first meme president was willing to reach across the aisle to other types of internet content. The possibility of Secretary Of The Interior Chewbacca Mom did not seem that far off.