Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump defended his regular use of social media, especially Twitter, and said he may not have won the White House without it.
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In an interview airing on Sunday on “Fox Business Network,” Trump says he can bypass what he labels unfair media coverage by speaking directly.
“Tweeting is like a typewriter — when I put it out, you put it immediately on your show,” he said, according to a transcript released by the network. “I doubt I would be here if weren’t for social media, to be honest with you.”
Trump called his social media accounts on Facebook Inc
“When somebody, says something about me, I am able to go bing, bing, bing and I take care of it. The other way, I would never be get the word out,” he said, according to the transcript.
Republican leaders have regularly urged Trump to avoid or cut back on tweets and Trump acknowledged some friends suggest he not use social media.
Trump regularly mounts attacks on Twitter, especially at news media and political opponents, often sending out missives in the early morning or late evening hours.
At times, Trump’s tweets have contained factual inaccuracies and personal attacks.
In March for example, Trump asserted without evidence President Barack Obama had ordered Trump Tower in New York wiretapped – something Obama denied.
In September, the FBI and the Justice Department said in a court filing “they have no records related to wiretaps as described” by tweets from Trump.
He recently excoriated NFL players for taking a knee during the National Anthem.
He also criticized Senator Bob Corker in a series of tweets prompting Corker to respond: “It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.”
White House chief of staff John Kelly said last week some have criticized him for failing to control Trump’s tweeting. “I was not brought to this job to control anything but the flow of information to our president,” Kelly said.
In July, Trump was sued in federal court by seven individuals whom he has blocked on Twitter. The Justice Department said the suit should be dismissed, arguing it “rests on the unsupported and erroneous premise that the president’s Twitter account is a public forum for First Amendment purposes.”
Trump is generally correct and thats why the media hates him. Because he circumvents their fake news or more accurately I prefer to call it news twister tactics vs fake news( reporting half stories and taking things out of context etc…)
Well at least he isn’t an anti semite like a former president was.
The Mad Hater continues his destructive reign, dividing America w every tweet, w every policy failure (no wall, no obamacare repeal, no immigration policy, etc). Just attacks on GOP, NFL, Dems, etc etc etc. You can’t run a country on hate. He’s a lying dimwit. What crisis will he start this week?
“He isn’t an anti semite like a former president was” Funny. Bannon claims that Pres Bush was the worst POTUS ever. Now unsere yidelech claim he was an antisemite. Sad, Very Sad.
I find it highly amusing how too many good Jewish people are forgetting the obvious that any President until now has been a Goy,and a Goy remains a Goy.
Who said that all because the Goy becomes president,now he is a respected individual to be looked up too?
Does the constitution state that any president may not insult,lie,be narcissistic??Come on!
So President Trump insults,lies,and is narcissistic,is that a reason to go nuts,and get angry?!
If anything,the economy seems to be booming,and not concerned about our new type of President.
The checks and balances still exist in the USA government,so our new found President cannot just declare war without a challenge.
And Trump seems to pass up making the major decisions to other people besides himself.
So why are good Jewish people getting so heated up that Trump,the Goy,is not acting like a Jew??
That Trump will not act like the polished politician is due to the fact that he remains the cutthroat businessman that he always was,and I guess in that type of world,one needs to be tough to survive.
His usage of social media is fascinating,as being the businessman that he has been,he will not abandon what makes him succeed.Why should he?