“It’s a new way of communicating. It’s very effective. I’ve been very effective with it. Between that and Facebook, I have like 15 or 16 million followers… Now, other people don’t like it, because they have 15 followers… And, frankly, it’s a great way of communicating, as far as I’m concerned. But I’m not going to be doing it very much as president.”
— Donald Trump, in an interview with ABC News, on his use of Twitter.
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