All I Want To Do Is #MAGA

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All I Want To Do Is #MAGA refers to jokes about a tweet sent out by Donald Trump complaining about how he believes he is unfairly covered by the media when all he wants to do is "#MAGA", the hashtag for his campaign slogan, Make America Great Again. The phrasing of the sentence led people to joke about "All I Want To Do Is #MAGA" as if it were a lyric in a pop song.

Origin

On the morning of August 30th, 2017, Donald Trump tweeted:^[1]

After reading the false reporting and even ferocious anger in some dying magazines, it makes me wonder, WHY? All I want to do is #MAGA!

The tweet came shortly after Trump faced criticism for his visit to Houston following Hurricane Harvey in which he did not see any victims of the hurricane. Less than two hours after the tweet was sent, it gained over 7,600 retweets and 28,000 likes (shown below).

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Shortly after the tweet was sent, people began joking about it by placing the phrase "All I Want To Do is #MAGA" in lyrics to various popular songs, such as Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun." Seven minutes after the tweet was sent, blogger and author Drew Magary^[2] quote-tweeted Trump's tweet with a lyric from that song, gaining over 60 retweets and 360 likes (shown below, left). Journalist Dave Brown^[3] tweeted the quote with the lyrics to "Rump Shaker" by WRECKX-N-EFFECT, gaining over 70 retweets and 230 retweets (shown below, right). The Wrap^[4] covered the presence of the jokes later that morning.

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