Article 5CKFA Trump has lost Twitter, his biggest political megaphone. Now what?

Trump has lost Twitter, his biggest political megaphone. Now what?

by
Lauren Gambino
from US news | The Guardian on (#5CKFA)

Trump's banishment is likely to further enrage an already volatile president, but many hailed the move as a long overdue milestone

From his first executive tweet on the morning of inauguration day 2017 to his final tweet on Friday, announcing that he would not attend his successor's inauguration, Donald Trump's personal Twitter account has served as the president's official platform.

For four years, the @realDonaldTrump Twitter feed was both public square and personal dialogue, a place where he made policy announcements and taunted political enemies; threatened military reprisal and boasted about his TV ratings. But perhaps most dangerous of all, it was a place where he unleashed a combustible stream of misinformation, lies and outrage to his more than 88 million followers.

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