A Belgian hacker redirected the links in #trump’s old tweets
February 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
In April 2012, years before launching his presidential campaign, Donald Trump posted a seemingly anodyne tweet. “I’ll be speaking tomorrow at the San Jose Convention Center (CA) for the first- ever National Achievers Congress,” the then-reality TV star wrote, alongside a link to the event’s website, nac2012.com. On the scale of aggressive self-promotion that Trump has displayed online in recent years, this tweet would barely register. Last month, though, it suddenly became a lot more interesting.
The text of Trump’s original tweet is still there today, but it now includes an amateur music video, as well. Titled “Trump’s Russian Congress,” the YouTube clip satirizes the president’s close ties to Russia and his alleged sexual exploits…
