Mark Whitehouse, Columnist

'Great Again' Is Trump's Magic Twitter Mantra

The phrase never seems to lose its power.

August 21, 2017 at 11:59 AM UTC

Mark Whitehouse is a member of the editorial board covering global economics and finance. Previously, he reported on economics for the Wall Street Journal and was managing editor of Vedomosti, a Russian-language business daily.

It's mindless, but it works.
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If President Donald Trump really wants to light up the Twittersphere, what should he write about? White supremacists? The wall? Obama? Fighting terrorism?

Nope. Judging from experience, his best bet is just repeating his mantra: "Make America Great Again."