If anyone knows how important Twitter is to Donald Trump, it’s the president. ‘Without the tweets, I wouldn’t be here, ‘ he said<\/b>
\nIf anyone knows how important Twitter is to Donald Trump, it\u2019s the president.
\u201cWithout the tweets, I wouldn\u2019 t be here, \u201d he told the Financial Times last month.
To which Twitter\u2019s co-founder says: Sorry about that, world.
Evan Williams, who still sits on the company\u2019s board of directors, recently told The New York Times that he wants to repair the damage he thinks Twitter and the broader Internet have wrought on society in the form of trolls, cyberbullies, live-streamed violence, fake news and \u2014 yes \u2014 Trump.
\u201cI thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place, \u201d Williams told the Times. \u201cI was wrong about that.\u201d
\u201cIf it\u2019s true that he wouldn\u2019 t be president if it weren\u2019 t for Twitter, then yeah, I\u2019 m sorry, \u201d he said.
Is it true? Hard to say.
Since Trump became president, his incessant, aggressive and sometimes inaccurate tweets have seemed as much a liability as a political boon. His aides held a social media \u201cintervention\u201d a few weeks ago, according to The Wall Street Journal, trying to convince Trump that unfounded accusations like \u201cObama had my \u2018wires tapped\u2019 \u201d could endanger him politically and legally.
On the campaign trail, Trump once described his rapidly growing Twitter following not only as a means to get the truth out, but also as a way to get even with his enemies.
\u201cSomeone said I\u2019 m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters, \u201d he told a crowd in South Carolina, air-typing into a pretend phone. \u201cIf someone says something badly about you: Bing, bing, bing! I say something really bad.\u201d
The #1 trend on Twitter right now is #TrumpWon \u2013 thank you!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27,2016<\/p>\n

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