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President of the United States Donald J. Trump

Donald Trump's use of social media has attracted attention worldwide since Trump joined Twitter in March 2009. The attention on Trump's Twitter activity has significantly increased since he was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

History

Before his election Donald Trump was projected to become the first "social media president" by CNN. In comparison, Franklin D. Roosevelt can be described as the first "radio president", John F. Kennedy as the first "television president", and Barack Obama as the first "internet president". These presidents had a tremendous impact by spreading their message through new media channels.

Social media also was an important part of Trump's presidential election campaign in 2016, and was one of the reasons he was ultimately elected.

Donald Trump and media

See also: Barack Obama on social media

Donald Trump has used social media to sideline mainstream media. This has dramatically shifted the way the president communicates with the public. Donald Trump has addressed people as individuals through social media, when compared to Barack Obama who mobilized his supporters en masse. Trump's tweets are spontaneous, unfiltered and reveal his emotions.

Internet phenomena associated with Donald Trump

Donald Trump's use of Twitter has created memes such as covfefe.

Nasty woman is a phrase that originates from Donald Trump. It evolved into a feminist "battle cry".

Twitter

Donald Trump's Twitter account (@realDonaldTrump) is his official Twitter account and was used during his election campaign. It is still used, in addition to his use of the U.S. Presidential account (@POTUS) for his presidential activities.

Trump Tower wiretapping allegations

Main article: Trump Tower wiretapping allegations

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!

President Donald Trump (in the first of four tweets that claimed that former President Barack Obama tapped the phones in Trump Tower), Twitter

In a succession of tweets on March 4, President Donald Trump stated he had "just found out" that former president Barack Obama had wiretapped the phones in his offices at Trump Tower during the last months of the 2016 election. The tweets resulted into a weeks long media attention given to the allegations, despite scarce evidence. Fake news websites did also take up the allegations, and one even claimed that a warrant for Barack Obama's arrest had been given. He did not say where he had obtained the information and offered no evidence to support it. Trump compared the alleged intrusion to McCarthyism and Watergate. Anonymous White House officials told The Washington Post that Trump did not appear to coordinate his comments with other White House officials.

Into April and May there was no further evidence forthcoming on the claims. When questioned about the issue in an interview on April 30, Trump was evasive when asked about his relationship with former president Obama. He said 'I don't stand by anything' and he thought 'our side has been proven very strongly, and everybody’s talking about it'.

See also

References

  1. Jones, Van. "Trump: The social media president?". CNN. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  2. "How Donald Trump Used SOCIAL MEDIA to Become the 45th President of the U.S. - SerpLogic.com - #RealTalk Marketing". February 24, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  3. Media (January 23, 2017). "Donald Trump's Social Media Use Is Key To Sidelining The Press". The Federalist. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  4. "What Trump Understands About Using Social Media to Drive Attention". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  5. Hunt, Elle (May 31, 2017). "What is covfefe? Donald Trump baffles with late night Twitter post". Retrieved May 31, 2017 – via The Guardian.
  6. Gray, Emma (October 20, 2016). "How 'Nasty Woman' Became A Viral Call For Solidarity". Retrieved May 31, 2017 – via Huff Post.
  7. ^ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/mar/21/timeline-donald-trumps-false-wiretapping-charge/
  8. ^ Philip Rucker; Ellen Nakashima; Robert Costa (March 4, 2017). "Trump, citing no evidence, accuses Obama of 'Nixon/Watergate' plot to wiretap Trump Tower". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  9. Allison Graves (March 5, 2017). "Why the White House defense of Trump wiretap accusation is misleading". Politifact.
  10. Graham, Renee (May 1, 2017). "OK, then, Mr. President, I'll just see myself out". Boston Globe.

Further reading

  • Oborne, Peter (2017). How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language. Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1-78669-664-9.
  • Tabone, S. R. (2017). Trump the Twitter President: The Trump Machine: How Their Use of Twitter Got Trump Elected. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5424-0911-7.
  • Robson, Tony (2016). Trump Tweets: A Collection of Donald Trump's Most Outrageous, Offensive, and Deleted Tweets from Trump's Twitter Page. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5411-5955-6.

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