Vaughn Hillyard

@VaughnHillyard · Washington, D.C. · joined 25 Aug 2009

73 843Followers

8 431Following

29 674Posts total

94.6KViews on collected posts

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Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard2 Sep

@VaughnHillyard @jake__traylor @felschwartz Rand report, 2016, War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable: "Cutting off Chinese access to seaborne supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas would have the most dramatic effect." Xi and Trump both know this is the game the US 58 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard2 Sep

@VaughnHillyard @jake__traylor @felschwartz It will be postponed. 55 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard2 Sep

New --> Trump is preparing to host a state dinner for China's Xi at the WH in 3 weeks. Comes despite "economic D-Day" threat over Iranian oil purchases. This would be just the second state dinner of his second term. W/ @jake__traylor & @felschwartz: https://t.co/c6IjhtHXyR 7.8K views · 16 likes · 14 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard24 Aug

@VaughnHillyard He did the same to every country you clown. Only Canada started a fight. Canada did this for one reason only. Political power and votes. Liberals were being destroyed in the polls. Elbows up you clown 84 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard24 Aug

@VaughnHillyard @davidfrum ok 91 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard24 Aug

@VaughnHillyard https://t.co/s3TCQVZ21g 202 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard24 Aug

"Most recently, in 2024, Canada was the top destination for U.S. exports..." Trump, ten days into office on Feb. 1, 2025, launched his trade war against Canada, initially levying a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. https://t.co/PpqJlAkUpZ 9.8K views · 43 likes · 11 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard24 Aug

Trump in 2020: “The USMCA is the largest, fairest & most balanced trade agreement ever negotiated.” “...tremendous victory for our manufacturers & autoworkers...historic breakthrough for American agriculture. Canada will provide greater access...dairy products, poultry & eggs.." 2.8K views · 80 likes · 25 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard23 Aug

“Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies. We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American htt 73.7K views · 1.7K likes · 835 reposts · 26 replies Open on X →

Vaughn Hillyard@VaughnHillyard27 Aug 2018

"But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country we will get through these challenging times.” - Sen. John McCain 0 views · 2K likes · 450 reposts · 244 replies Open on X →

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9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views202this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %0.27%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.49%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	202	924	0.22×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.27%	3.62%	0.08×
Engagement rate	0.49%	1.52%	0.33×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

73.7K23 Aug

2.8K24 Aug

9.8K

202

7.8K2 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.54%23 Aug

3.88%24 Aug

0.67%

0.50%

0.00%

0.42%2 Sep

1.82%

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes64.6%1 833 in total

Reposts31.2%885 in total

Replies1.5%42 in total

Quotes2.2%63 in total

Bookmarks0.5%14 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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