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A student at St. John's University, in New York, posted on Twitter a photo of another student's laptop featuring a sticker endorsing Donald Trump and threatened to "smash this bitch's computer" if 7,000 people retweeted the photo, The New York Daily News reported. The original tweet has been removed, but versions of the photo (such as above right) remain online. The student with the sticker reportedly threw a cup of green tea at the student who posted the photo. On Twitter St. John's said it was aware of and dealing with the situation.

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