Donald Trump has been refuting reports about his campaign links with Russia for months.
On Monday, the president took it one step further by changing his Twitter banner to include one of his recent tweets.
"Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/Russia and Trump," the president proclaims in the account's main picture, which shows the president surrounded by dozens of people in the Oval Office giving a thumbs up.
The tweet was in reference to testimony at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee by former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
Clapper said he stood by past assertions that he had not seen evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia but also declined to comment on classified matters.
The hearing focused on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's ties to Moscow and allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 US election.
In another tweet, the president seemed to denounce the hearings. "The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer-funded charade end?" he asked.
Social media users were quick to mock the change to the Twitter picture, with many highlighting the fact it did not appear correctly on many devices.
Trump's pettiness is dwarfed by his social media team's inability to appropriately size a header for Twitter. Can't do anything right. pic.twitter.com/WxUjwUk0Nr
— andrew núñez (@andrew_nunez) May 9, 2017
Others added a creative touch, changing the words the in the picture.
What the heck is up with Trump's new twitter header pic.twitter.com/Lio8A8pEhg
— Bucky Isotope (@BuckyIsotope) May 9, 2017
Just helping celebrate Trump's new Twitter banner pic.twitter.com/bcuduW5LXG
— Brossentia (@Brossentia) May 9, 2017
Some thought he was protesting a little too much.
Never really believed there was collusion between Trump & Russia.. until he just put that twitter header up.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 9, 2017
trump changed his twitter header to push back on the russia story, showing he's not concerned about it and its NOT A BIG DEAL AT ALL pic.twitter.com/MYzcppjEWx
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 9, 2017
The "mission accomplished" banner of Twitter headers pic.twitter.com/tSuObDDOSl
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) May 9, 2017
Unlike his 3:00 am tweets, I'm guessing Trump had help with this Twitter banner. So that means his advisers were in on it.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 9, 2017
If you want to quickly spiral into existential dread, take a peep at Trump's current Twitter banner image
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 9, 2017
Who *hasn't* looked at Trump's Twitter like this? pic.twitter.com/7gW48vyC3Q
— Hillary Warned Us (@HillaryWarnedUs) May 9, 2017
Mr Trump has been following the hearings closely and in March, he provided a live commentary on Twitter as FBI director James Comey testified.
This story has been republished with the permission of The Daily Telegraph UK.
