Donald Trump: ‘I don’t like tweeting’ but no have plans to quit
You could have fooled 50 million people.
President-elect Donald Trump, who increasingly leaves the media, companies, investors and even other politicians hanging on his every tweeted word, said he really doesn’t like using that social media tool, but he just has no choice.
Trump said he would, though continue tweeting after he is sworn in on Friday as the nation’s 45th president, in excerpts of a 20-minute interview with Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” due to air on Wednesday morning.
‘Look, I don’t like tweeting. I have other things I could be doing. But I get very dishonest media, very dishonest press, and it’s my only way that I can get out and correct.’
— President-elect Donald Trump
Trump said Twitter and other social media tools such as Facebook and Instagram get him “close to 50 million people.”
“So when people misrepresent me ... I have at least a way of saying it’s a false statement. Now, if the press were honest, which it’s not, I would absolutely not use Twitter. I wouldn’t have to,” said Trump.
Since his election, tweets from the PEOTUS have only intensified as he has sent his short volleys at everything from entire nations, such as China, to Hollywood elites, most recently ranting against Meryl Streep, who decried him at the Golden Globes without mentioning his name. And like clockwork, Trump will regularly bash Saturday Night Live and each appearance of Alec Baldwin’s mocking portrayal of him as the “worst of NBC.”
He has taken credit for improvements in consumer confidence. In a post-Christmas tweet, he thanked himself for a rally in the stock market. Of course, gains for the latter have indeed come about since the November election result.
Trump has gotten mixed reviews over the intense pressure he has put on U.S. and foreign corporations at times, such as General Motors GM, -0.08% , Boeing BA, -0.73% and heating and cooling company Carrier UTX, -0.23% , the latter of which he prevailed over to keep some of its operations and jobs in Indiana last year:
But it would appear Trump, who according to a fresh opinion poll is the least popular president-elect in decades, is getting on lots of nerves when it comes to his tweets.
A fresh Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that 69% of adults believe his prolific tweeting is a bad idea. Among Republicans, 47% agree with that statement, while 89% of Democrats think the tweeting should stop.
Still, given that each tweet activates thousands of computer algorithms, and stocks are sold and bought off one tweet, it seems likely that at least a chunk of @realDonaldTrump’s audience won’t be switching off soon.
You could have fooled 50 million people.
President-elect Donald Trump, who increasingly leaves the media, companies, investors and even other politicians hanging on his every tweeted word, said he really doesn’t like using that social media tool, but he just has no choice.
Trump said he would, though continue tweeting after he is sworn in on Friday as the nation’s 45th president, in excerpts of a 20-minute interview with Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” due to air on Wednesday morning.
‘Look, I don’t like tweeting. I have other things I could be doing. But I get very dishonest media, very dishonest press, and it’s my only way that I can get out and correct.’
— President-elect Donald Trump
Trump said Twitter and other social media tools such as Facebook and Instagram get him “close to 50 million people.”
“So when people misrepresent me ... I have at least a way of saying it’s a false statement. Now, if the press were honest, which it’s not, I would absolutely not use Twitter. I wouldn’t have to,” said Trump.
Since his election, tweets from the PEOTUS have only intensified as he has sent his short volleys at everything from entire nations, such as China, to Hollywood elites, most recently ranting against Meryl Streep, who decried him at the Golden Globes without mentioning his name. And like clockwork, Trump will regularly bash Saturday Night Live and each appearance of Alec Baldwin’s mocking portrayal of him as the “worst of NBC.”
He has taken credit for improvements in consumer confidence. In a post-Christmas tweet, he thanked himself for a rally in the stock market. Of course, gains for the latter have indeed come about since the November election result.
Trump has gotten mixed reviews over the intense pressure he has put on U.S. and foreign corporations at times, such as General Motors GM, -0.08% , Boeing BA, -0.73% and heating and cooling company Carrier UTX, -0.23% , the latter of which he prevailed over to keep some of its operations and jobs in Indiana last year:
But it would appear Trump, who according to a fresh opinion poll is the least popular president-elect in decades, is getting on lots of nerves when it comes to his tweets.
A fresh Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that 69% of adults believe his prolific tweeting is a bad idea. Among Republicans, 47% agree with that statement, while 89% of Democrats think the tweeting should stop.
Still, given that each tweet activates thousands of computer algorithms, and stocks are sold and bought off one tweet, it seems likely that at least a chunk of @realDonaldTrump’s audience won’t be switching off soon.
