Donald Trump branded Twitter "disgusting" for choosing to feature negative trending stories about him.
The US President took to Twitter to accuse the social media giant of continually featuring negative coverage of himself online.
In a Twitter post he accused Twitter of "illegal" practices by providing "unfair" coverage of his presidency.
"So disgusting to watch Twitter’s so-called 'Trending', where sooo many trends are about me, and never a good one," said Mr Trump.
"They look for anything they can find, make it as bad as possible, and blow it up, trying to make it trend. Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!"
The President's post prompted social media users to share the hashtag #TrumpleThinSkin and #TrumpVirus which people used to comment more specifically on the President's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
The US continues to record the highest number of Covid-19 cases with more than 4.43 million infections and a death toll above 150,000.
According to Twitter's website "trends are determined by an algorithm and, by default, are tailored for you based on who you follow, your interests, and your location."
Some social media users were quick to point this out in responses to Mr Trump's tweet.
"Twitter has algorithms that rank trends based on how frequently something is tweeted," wrote one social media user.
"This is a reflection of how much people hate you—nothing else!"
Another person commented on Mr Trump's post to say "it's all about math".
They added: "There is nothing mysterious about trending topics & there is nothing to stop Trump's 'followers' from being able to participate in the trending process!
"The reality is that Trump likely doesn't have a sufficiently strong enough base to be able to do it."
It comes as Mr Trump, who has 82 million followers, is engaged in an ongoing dispute with Twitter after it attached warning labels to some of the President's tweets.
The warning label was shared under Twitter’s new policy on misleading information.
Mr Trump has since signed an executive order aimed at curtailing some of the legal protections given to social media companies.
