Former Seattle resident enters Trump’s Twitter war with donation app

Justin Munn only lived in Seattle for a short time this year, but while he was in town he put that time to use – taking down President Donald Trump.

Specifically, he’s helping to raise money to support the president’s opposition. Now, if you don’t like what Trump tweets – there’s an app for that. It’s called Donald Donates.

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“We try to make it as simple as possible,” Munn said. “Every time Trump tweets, it gives you the opportunity to trigger a donation to either the 2020 Democratic nominee or another organization or cause you are into.”

Munn’s main career is in graphic design. He took advantage of his brief stint in Seattle by enrolling in a coding boot camp — Firehose. He’s still in the program, but he didn’t wait to put his skills to the test. He teamed up with college friends Adam Gibbs and David Hyatt. The result is Donald Donates.

Donald Donates

It’s a web app that launched in late April. Every time the president tweets, he’ll trigger a swarm of donations to groups that oppose him, providing them resources to fight back.

“If you are into climate change, you can donate to the National Resources Defense Council or The Wilderness Society, something like that,” Munn said. “You can pick your organizations, how much you want to donate per tweet, and set a cap because he has quite a habit and we all don’t want to go broke. Then it’s a set-it-and-forget-it kind of thing. It withdraws at the end of the month and all the donations go to the proper organizations.”

The Donald Donates app will keep a record of what you give. There is a range of causes from LGBTQ to immigration organizations, environmental groups, or women’s rights champions.

“If there is one particular tweet that has you upset, you can make a one-time donation against that tweet as well,” Munn said. “A lot of it is trying to take something negative, which is Trump’s Twitter habits, and all the effects of the budget cuts to organizations for a lot of areas we tend to care about … it’s a cathartic way of responding to how angry the tweets make you feel and turn that into a positive donation to an organization and cause you care about.”

“We are trying to do something positive and actionable with the skills we have, and to also show that his actions and the way he acts on Twitter comes at a cost,” he said.

The cost is becoming apparent, little by little. The app attracted more than 500 users in the first week of operation. It’s been growing since then, Munn said.

“It’s gotten to the point where we have almost up to $100 per tweet,” he said. “So this past tweet storm he had today we raised $1,000 for organizations doing good work. We feel pretty good about that.”

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