Is Trump taking advantage of the Twitter ban a year later?
Written byTimes Magazine
In 2016, shortly after his stunning presidential victory, Donald Trump sat down for an interview on America's prestigious news program 60 Minutes.
"I would be very reluctant to use it at all," he said. This didn't happen at all. Instead, he used it constantly and amassed more than 20,000 tweets during his presidency. Trump's strategy is to dominate the news cycle. Twitter, in particular, helped him in this regard.
Journalists in newsrooms around the world are waiting for his first daily tweet. "He's awake" is a widespread repetition. He is a newsmaker. Mr. Trump said using Twitter, and other platforms was a way to bypass traditional media - speaking directly to voters.
Shortly before the 2020 election, he was asked again in 60 minutes on CBS if his tweet rejected voters: "No, I don't think I would be here if I didn't have social media ... and honestly, if I didn't have social media, I wouldn't have a way of expressing my voice," he said. .
However, Trump should spectacularly hit every significant social network within three months. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. This can be disastrous for someone who associates his political presence with social media. But no.
There's a mindset that's helping her stay away from social media, at least for now. The general theory is that while Mr. Trump remained relatively calm, he followed Napoleon's advice: Never interrupt your enemy if he makes a mistake.
On Sunday, a Trump adviser told the Wall Street Journal: "I don't know a single person in Trump's world who regrets this happening - not one."
This seems counter-intuitive, but it's not an extreme point of view. Darrell West, vice president of the Brookings political research group Governance, agrees "At a time when the pandemic returns, the economy is slowing, and there's a foreign policy disaster, you want the public to see that now," he said.
"The Biden number has dropped significantly. I think Trump is taking advantage of not being in the limelight." Polls show that Trump's erratic tweets have sometimes turned off some conservatives. May need to rest. Of course, he gets minor mention on social media - but his influence on the Republican Party remains as strong as ever.
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