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Donald Trump vows to keep tweeting: 'They’re not going to take away my social media'

The President is currently being sued for blocking people on the micro-blogging site

Aatif Sulleyman
Wednesday 12 July 2017 11:22 BST
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Mr Trump recently described his use of the micro-blogging site as 'MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL'
Mr Trump recently described his use of the micro-blogging site as 'MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL' (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

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Donald Trump says he will not reign in his use of Twitter, despite criticism of his online behaviour.

He’s known to be a big fan of the social media platform, and chose to keep tweeting from his @realDonaldTrump account even after gaining control of the @POTUS account after becoming President.

In recent weeks, he’s caused widespread controversy by using the platform to attack Mayor of London Sadiq Khan over his response to the London Bridge terror attack, and by posting an edited video of him wrestling with a man whose head had been replaced with a CNN logo.

“It’s my voice,” Mr Trump said of Twitter in a short interview with the New York Times’ Mark Leibovich, published this week.

Mr Leibovich had encouraged the President to keep tweeting, describing his social media updates as “far more illuminating than anything the White House press office could ever disgorge”.

Mr Trump assured him that he would.

“They want to take away my voice. They’re not going to take away my social media,” he said.

The President recently described his use of the micro-blogging site as “not Presidential”, but “MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL”.

In March, he also told FOX News: “Well, let me tell you about Twitter. “I think that maybe I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Twitter, because I get such a fake press, such a dishonest press.”

He added: “Much of the news. It's not honest. And when I have close to 100 million people watching me on Twitter, including Facebook, including all of the Instagram, including POTUS, including lots of things – but we have – I guess pretty close to 100 million people. I have my own form of media.”

The President is currently being sued for blocking people on Twitter.

According to the lawsuit, which has been filed in Manhattan, blocking people from following Mr Trump's account is a viewpoint-based restriction the US Constitution doesn't allow.

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