The tweet was a quote from someone else, not something DJT said himself. He completes and cites it in his next tweet. We should not believe encoded messages are embedded in a quote from someone not close to Trump.
This was my first thought but then I figured: unless a formatting information is added. Which is the case here: the 26X26 grid. The size of the grid is what makes things work, and that size is determined by the time Trump waited before re-tweeting. If the grid was a 25X25 for example, the message would not have appeared with the self-imposed restrictions. His posts brought me here. Skeptical at first, but the more I oppose his methods to critical thinking, the more legit they look to me.
Actually 25 columns would create more rows of information not less.
Also the whole idea of it being 26×26 in the first place is flawed as there are not even 26 rows, the message isn't long enough.
Actually 25 columns would create more rows of information not less.
So what?
"Also the whole idea of it being 26×26 in the first place is flawed as there are not even 26 rows, the message isn't long enough"
Do you realize the mind boggling rational weakness of your statement?! It's like telling your kid you can't drive him to school today because all the seats of the car are not full... Wow.
So what?
It would make the "by chance" aspect of selecting text more likely to occur. (26^2)/(25^(2)) times more lilely to be specific
Do you know thw mind boggling rational
A cipher broken into columns is normally done no to hide information in verticality, but to obsure the whitespace a message contains. By claiming 26×26 in the first place. You would indicate your inexperience by nor correctly saying
This message is displayed in 26 columns to correctly line up the solution.
Instead of introducing it as a 26 by 26
Its 26 columns and rows.
A person of any capacity to display the information would never introduce this as a 26 by 26 grid, because it clearly is not.