It was the latest instance of Trump using Twitter to elevate relatively fringe accounts with messages he endorses, a practice that has drawn controversy in some cases.

The “Thank God” retweet came amid a flurry of others by Trump on Monday morning, including another from the same account.

It depicted a doctored Peanuts cartoon, which shows Charlie Brown sitting on a bench, thinking, “Obama says Trump is doing a terrible job, then he takes the credit for how well the country is doing under Trump.”

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That was a reference to President Barack Obama’s claims in recent speeches that Trump is taking credit for economic progress that began under his administration.

In other retweets, Trump highlighted the issue of NFL players not standing during the national anthem, a controversy he has continued to enflame.

One of those depicted a young boy in a wheelchair, standing as members of a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit march by in a parade carrying a U.S. flag.

“THIS LITTLE BOY IS ATTEMPTING TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WITH THE USE OF HIS LEGS,” a caption says. “IF HE CAN STAND, SO CAN YOU!”

Among the Trump retweets that have stirred controversy was one earlier this year of a radio host who wrote that “it’s ok 2 b black, conservative and love America and not vote Democrat!”