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Social media use by Donald Trump

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United States New York indictment Stormy Daniels scandal Karen McDougal affair financial fraud Georgia election indictment Georgia election investigation mug shot COVID-19 pandemic Taskforce Government response stimulus bills CARES Act Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Operation Warp Speed White House outbreak Interference with science agencies v t e Donald Trump 's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during the 2016 election campaign and over 25,000 times during his presidency. The White House said the tweets should be considered official statements. When Twitter banned Trump from the platform in January 2021 during the final days of his term, his handle @realDonaldTrump had over 88.9 million followers . On November 19, 2022, Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk , reinstated his account, although Trump has stated he will not use it in favor of his own social media, Truth Social .1 The first tweet since 2021 was made in August 2023 about his mugshot from Fulton County Jail, but the account has since remained inactive. Congress performed its own form of moderation: on July 16, 2019, the House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines to censure him for "racist comments" he had tweeted two days previously.2 In the face of this political censure, his tweets only accelerated. An investigation by The New York Times published November 2, 2019, found that, during his time in office to date, Trump had already retweeted at least 145 accounts that "have pushed conspiracy or fringe content, including more than two dozen that have since been suspended." In 2020, Trump also spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic .3 During his 2020 reelection campaign , he falsely suggested that postal voting or electoral fraud may compromise the election , prompting Twitter to either remove such tweets or label them as disputed. After his election loss, Trump persistently undermined the election results in the weeks leading to Joe Biden's inauguration .4 His tweets played a role in inciting the January 6, 2021, attack of the US Capitol during the formal counting of electoral votes .5 Though the Senate eventually acquitted Trump during his second impeachment , social media companies swiftly banned him. Facebook and Instagram banned him for two years. Twitter permanently suspended his @realDonaldTrump handle, followed by the official account of his campaign (@TeamTrump) and the accounts of allies who posted on his behalf , like Trump campaign digital director Gary Coby. Twitter also deleted three tweets by Trump on the @POTUS handle and barred access to the presidential account until Joe Biden's inauguration .6 During the first week that Trump was banned on several platforms (January 9–15), election-related misinformation declined 73 percent, according to research analytics firm Zignal Labs .7 As Trump continued to issue brief statements, his spokesperson Liz Harrington tweeted screenshots of them under the Save America logo from June 2021 to June 2022. Since then, however, her Twitter handle @realLizUSA has been infrequently used. She said she would move to Truth Social , a Trump-affiliated social media application that launched on February 21, 2022.8 On April 4, 2023, at his arraignment hearing , Trump was warned by Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan not to use social media to incite violence. Associated Press . @realDonaldTrump frequently spread misleading, false and malicious assertions...For the most part, @realDonaldTrump and its 280-character posts effectively allowed Trump to work around the Washington media establishment and amplify the message of allies.9 The New York Times . "Trump returns to X, the site formerly known as Twitter, shortly after surrendering in Georgia" .10 The New York Times (opinion). The New York Times . The New York Times . Does It Make a Difference?" .

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