Trump credits social media for his election
The president says the question of whether his tweets hinder his legislative agenda is 'an interesting' one.
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 10/20/2017 07:05 PM EDT
Donald Trump is skeptical that he would be nine months into his first term as president of the United States without the power of social media, he said Friday.
“I doubt I would be here if it weren’t for social media, to be honest with you,” the president told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, according to interview excerpts released Friday afternoon.
Trump, a prolific Twitter user with tens of millions of followers across his social media accounts, said the question of whether his tweets hamper his legislative agenda and step on his administration’s message is “an interesting” one.
“I have friends that say, ‘Oh, don’t use social media,’” Trump said. “See, I don’t call it tweets,” he added. “Tweeting is like a typewriter — when I put it out, you put it immediately on your show. I mean, the other day, I put something out, two seconds later I am watching your show, it’s up.”
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