Trump is back to tweeting like Trump again

So much for being presidential.
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Brittany Levine Beckman
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Old habits die hard.

Less than 48 hours after promising to bring the country together in a measured victory speech, President-elect Donald Trump was back to his old ways on Twitter, critiquing protesters and the media all in one swipe.

Thousands of people protested Trump's win Wednesday night, holding marches from New York To Los Angeles. In response, Trump returned to his tone during the campaign, demonizing the media and delegitimizing the activists on Twitter. He even capped it off with one of his favored phrases: "Very unfair!" The comment comes after he broke precedent and refused to have media cover his travels to the White House in his motorcade and on his plane.


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Following another night of unrest and continued protests, which Portland police declared a "riot," Trump changed his tune on Twitter.

The President-elect contradicted his previous tweet early this morning and announced to his Twitter followers that he now loves the "passion" that these "small groups of protesters" have for America. "We will all come together and be proud!" he wrote.

Trump has long used his Twitter account to take shots at opponents, but one would hope the digital mudslinging would cease on his way to the White House. Turns out Trump could only act presidential for so long.

UPDATE: Nov. 11, 2016, 9:09 a.m. EST Updated with another confusing Donald Trump tweet.

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Brittany Levine Beckman

Brittany Levine Beckman was Mashable's managing editor. She enjoys crafting feature ideas, learning new things, and party parrots. Before working at Mashable, she covered community news at the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. That's how she met a zonkey and the tallest man in the world.

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