Trump’s tweets to rally support for the shutdown seem to be working

As the Dec. 22 shutdown loomed, Trump linked President Barack Obama’s policy toward Iran with the ongoing battle over border security in a tweet.

That post generated more than 60,000 retweets, one of the president’s biggest wall-related tweets, according to an analysis of his feed by CNBC. He then topped it with a Dec. 30 tweet that generated nearly a quarter-million favorites.