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What  Trump 's Most Retweeted Tweet In 2017 Says About The Past Year
All Things Considered is continuing to look at the past year in a series called "Highly Specific Superlatives." On Wednesday  we look at the most retweeted  Trump  tweet and what this single missive says about the 2017.
And now our series for this week  Highly Specific Superlatives of 2017. Today - the most retweeted tweet of  President Donald Trump . Here to present it is NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Hi  Tam.
TAMARA KEITH  BYLINE: Hello. And I'd like to also think of myself as sort of a resident expert on  Trump  tweeting at this point.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: When I put it out  you put it immediately on your show. I mean  the other day  I put something out. Two seconds later  I'm watching your show. It's up.  Donald Trump...
 TRUMP : OK. And you know  they're well-crafted.
SIEGEL: Well  this was the most retweeted  Trump  tweet of the year. What were the runners-up?
KEITH: Number two came November 11. This is while  President Trump  was on  his  Asia tour. And  he  tweets  why would Kim Jong Un insult me by calling me old when I would never call  him  short and fat? Oh  well  I try so hard to be  his  friend  and maybe someday that will happen  exclamation point - which is an interesting thing to tweet given the current dynamics between North Korea and the United States in recent intercontinental ballistic missile testing.
What  Trump 's Most Retweeted Tweet In 2017 Says About The Past Year
All Things Considered is continuing to look at the past year in a series called "Highly Specific Superlatives." On Wednesday  we look at the most retweeted  [TGT]  tweet and what this single missive says about the 2017.
And now our series for this week  Highly Specific Superlatives of 2017. Today - the most retweeted tweet of [TGT] . Here to present it is NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Hi  Tam.
TAMARA KEITH  BYLINE: Hello. And I'd like to also think of myself as sort of a resident expert on  [TGT]  tweeting at this point.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: When I put it out  you put it immediately on your show. I mean  the other day  I put something out. Two seconds later  I'm watching your show. It's up.  [TGT]...
 TRUMP : OK. And you know  they're well-crafted.
SIEGEL: Well  this was the most retweeted  [TGT]  tweet of the year. What were the runners-up?
KEITH: Number two came November 11. This is while  President Trump  was on  his  Asia tour. And  he  tweets  why would Kim Jong Un insult me by calling me old when I would never call  him  short and fat? Oh  well  I try so hard to be  his  friend  and maybe someday that will happen  exclamation point - which is an interesting thing to tweet given the current dynamics between North Korea and the United States in recent intercontinental ballistic missile testing.