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15th Jan 2017

Everyone is making the same joke about this old Donald Trump tweet

Alan Loughnane

Just in case you didn’t know, Donald Trump is very active on Twitter…

It’s important to be careful with the internet, because once you put something out there, in the age of screenshots and shares it’s impossible to get it back.

Over the last number of days, an old tweet belonging to President-elect from 2012 has started doing the rounds again.

But probably not for the reason you’d expect. The tweet reads: “We have to get tough with China before they destroy us.”

We think the tweet originally referred to China and their trade with the US. Trump has been particularly vocal about putting tariffs on Chinese imports and has claimed in the past that China is purposely devaluing their currency to make their exports more competitive on overseas markets.

But football fans have now hijacked the thread and are currently all using the same joke…

https://twitter.com/MainlyMatic/status/820016626611458048

https://twitter.com/WTownsley/status/819996284241186817

https://twitter.com/dunc_williams/status/820322508800921600

https://twitter.com/anukt/status/820307018145730560

https://twitter.com/nick_wba_khfc/status/820197710158581760

https://twitter.com/Leebush23Bush/status/820213949232726016

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