Here’s a way to silence Trump on Twitter: Buy the microblogging service

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Anybody who knows that Donald Trump is president of the United States probably knows that his Twitter feed is his mouthpiece to the world. He criticizes global leaders, threatens war, berates the media, and, well, you name it. It's no understatement to suggest that the nation's 45th chief executive has assumed the Twitter Presidency.

Now there is a movement afoot to silence the @realdDonaldTrump handle, which has 36.6 million followers and has tweeted more than 35,000 times. Despite allegations that Trump is breaching Twitter's terms of service for using the service to threaten violence, Twitter isn't about to kick off its most high-profile tweeter.

Valerie Plame Wilson. (credit: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

So a former CIA undercover operative is trying to do what Twitter won't: end the Twitter Presidency. Although her plan will most likely never come to fruition, Valerie Plame Wilson has started a GoFundMe page to raise $1 billion, which would make her Twitter's largest shareholder and give her great monetary influence over Twitter's policies.

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