The label is primarily cosmetic, but represents a significant escalation in the ongoing feud between the president and his preferred social media platform.

Twitter spokeswoman Katie rosborough:’this tweet has been labeled per our synthetic and manipulated media policy to give people more context’.

The clip edits footage of two children playing into a bizarre warning against race-baiting by the media. Since the presented footage was never aired by CNN, the false appearance of a broadcast may have provided the basis for the manipulated media tag.

The video was produced by carpe donktum, a prolific pro-trump meme creator who was suspended from Twitter in October. This appears to be the first time donktum’s edits have been labeled as’manipulated media’.

The label is merely an icon placed below the video, which links to Twitter’s manipulated media policy. It’s easily missed and does not present any meaningful obstacles toward viewing the video.