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One mention of Donald Trump these days would recall his petty and often vitriolic commentary on Twitter. But despite the U.S. President's spicy rhetoric against China, his "tweets" have nonetheless become the subject of lampooning in Chinese social media, thanks to Shanghai startup Jike.
Sensationalism best describes Trump's way of doing things on the microblogging site, with several of his posts, ranging from fantastically mundane to utterly despicable, having shaped his trademark persona. His attacks on media critical of his behavior have given the term "fake news" an entirely new dimension.
But as far as fake news can get, Trump's "tweets" have rocked social media networks in China--in a rather sensational manner that's quite well-deserved. Jike has been responsible for the influx of fake Trump tweets, which users can use to enter custom content a la Trump, The Independent reported.
Fake Trump tweets generated using Jike have become the newest Internet running gag in China, despite Twitter itself being blocked in the country. The orange-faced leader of the free world has his standard fare for flame-baiting apparent in every fake tweet the website generates.
Jike then allows users to share the generated tweets, which by the can be in either English or Chinese, to social media accounts. The sheer virality of the fake Trump tweets is characterized by the blonde 70-year-old's penchant for exclamation marks and assertively-aggressive tone, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Several people have already been fooled by the fake Trump tweets, and such demonstrates how Twitter can permeate markets that are outside its scope of operations. The U.S. President's tweeting habit has become an unlikely source of awareness by Chinese users towards the social media giant.
Moreover, Trump's sheer audacity has been thought of by the younger contingent in Chinese social media as an unmistakable display of American-style arrogance. Then again, it would be best for them to stay away from his trigger-happy remarks against China, a country he regularly sees in a negative light.
Have more of those entertaining fake Trump tweets in this collection from Buzzfeed.
