Nearly a year after stepping down from the presidency, Barack Obama continues to have an influence over people everywhere and it has even spread onto social media. The former president now has the second-most retweeted tweet this year, beating current president Donald Trump.
According to The Washington Post, Obama's tweet was made after the event in Charlottesville, Virginia, where crowds of white nationalists rallied in the area. During that same event, a 20-year old with a history of Nazi sympathizing plowed his car into a group of anti-racism rallyists, leaving over a dozen people injured and one killed.
Obama's tweet garnered 1.7 million retweets and 4.5 million likes. It also became the most-liked tweet on Twitter shortly after it was posted.
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." wrote Obama, with a photo of him peeking into a window full of children.
But that is not the only tweet the former president has in Twitter's top 10. In fact, he has three of the 10 most-retweeted tweets on the list, while Trump's tweets are nowhere to be seen.
The two other tweets are from the official @POTUS account before Obama left office. Now, Obama's Twitter history while he was president can be seen at @POTUS44.
"Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe — not in my ability to create change, but in yours," he wrote on Jan. 11.
"It's been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man," Obama tweeted days later.
The most retweeted list of 2017 includes Ariana Grande's post in light of the massacre that happened during her concert in Manchester and LeBron James throwing shade at Trump saying that NBA's current golden boy Stephen Curry would not be going to the White House.
The most-retweeted tweet this year — and of all time — is a teenager's plea to Wendy's for free chicken nuggets.
Meanwhile, the former president made a speech at the North American Climate Summit in Chicago this week, where he listed all the economic achievements from his time as president. Shortly after listing those achievements, he jokingly thanked himself by saying "Thanks Obama," making the attendees laugh.
Obama continues to stand with the Paris Climate Agreement, an international accord he helped form while in office, but current President Donald Trump decided to withdraw the support of the country.
As of now, the United States is the only country not be on board with the framework deal to touch on emissions of greenhouse gases. During his speech, Obama made a plea to the government officials in attendance to continue to support the efforts on climate change despite Trump's attitude towards the matter.
