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It is likely that for the rest of my life I will not go a single day without thinking about Donald Trump at least once, which is terrifying, Demos Action policy analyst Sean McElwee tweeted last December. Maybe some day well outlive our thoughts of Trump, but for now hes impossible to escape. And given his predilection for news-making tweets, it can even feel necessary to follow the personal Twitter account of modern Americas fastest-hated president. But there are ways to follow the tweets without following @RealDonaldTrump.

If you just dont want to add to Trumps follower count or show up in his Followers you follow section, follow IRetweetTrump instead. This account automatically retweets every Trump tweetincluding his retweets, which might look a bit confusing in your timeline. It doesnt grant you much distance, but its the fastest way to see every Trump tweet.

I love Twitter even though my replies are filled with people calling me an idiot. I use it to

Real Press Sec. automatically reformats every Trump tweet as an official presidential statement. (It ignores retweets.) Tweets are delayed just a few minutes, and the text is embedded in an image.

This treatment highlights the gulf between Trumps Twitter style and the formal language of official statements (a language frequently adopted on Obamas Twitter account). It provides some distance from the immediate tweets, and because it doesnt link to the original, it removes the temptation to click through and see the toxic replies.

PresidentialTrump quote-tweets a selection of Trump tweets and adds a more mature spin. For example, Trumps tweet after the most recent London terrorist attackDo you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? Thats because they used knives and a truck!is replaced with a less hypocritical response:

The account also gives Trump a sense of humor:

And it occasionally addresses issues that the real Trump ignores:

PresidentialTrump doesnt deliver every Trump tweet, and tweets are delayed by a few minutes to a few hours, but it does provide some cathartic distance without veering into unfunny parody account territory. As the accounts creator Barry told Select/All in February, I think my approach works because Im not sardonic or biting, instead simply providing a primer for a better way of being statesmanlike, something a lot of Americans want and expect from their President.

Its a lot, right? Its a lot. It is a firehose of news. How are we supposed to live our lives,

The Atlantics Donald Trump Tweet Tracker analyzes significant Trump tweets, noting political and historical context as well as Trumps grudges and past actions. For example, under Trumps recent criticism of London mayor Sadiq Khan, the Tweet Tracker describes the icy relationship between the two men and predicts the tweets possible consequences for the upcoming UK general election.

This analysis adds a significant delay, but if you prefer to get your Trump news once or twice a day, the Tweet Tracker is a good bookmark. (The Washington Posts RealDonaldContext extension for Chrome and Firefox provided a similar context, but the Post apparently abandoned it in February.)

The Trump Twitter Archive collects every Trump tweet, categorizing them by frequent Trump keywords like fake news, loser, and the worst. It isnt cathartic at all, and its only revealing to those who have carefully avoided reading any Trump tweets for the last few years, but its nice to know someones keeping track.

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