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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Twitter Problem? He Has Less Followers Than Obama
President Trump has just under 60 million Twitter followers. This is a lot. Barack Obama has over 106 million. This is a lot more. The discrepancy is precisely the type of thing that would infuriate the current occupant of the White House and, according to the Daily Beast, it does.
Trump has repeatedly griped to associates about how Obama has had more Twitter followers than he has, two people close to Trump told the outlet, even though by Trumps own assessment he is so much better at Twitter than Obama is.
So frustrated by his lagging Twitter ratings was Trump that he brought the issue up to CEO Jack Dorsey during a quasi-secretive meeting at the White House on Tuesday. The Washington Post reported that a significant portion of the meeting focused on the presidents belief that Twitter has been intentionally stripping him of followers. The Daily Beast similarly reported that Trump spent an inordinate amount of time complaining about his lost followers.
Dorsey replied by emphasizing that any decrease in followers is simply the result of the company purging bots and fake accounts.
Hours before the meeting, Trump accused Twitter of discriminating against conservatives, alleging the platform is playing political games by making it hard for people to sign on and constantly taking people off the list.
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True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Followers were removed. He was told they were bots!
tanyev
(42,559 posts)Journeyman
(15,034 posts)I don't do Twitter and seemingly the news media is only drawn towards Twitter's chaos and crazy, which is why we get so much Old Hateful Tweetgeyser in a day.
Obama, being intelligent, reasonable, and mature, just can't compete against the onslaught of the perpetual Cray Cray machine that is Little Lord tRumple-Twit.
underpants
(182,819 posts)Journeyman
(15,034 posts)candidate becomes apparent, and certainly a steady stream leading into the election.
Obama just has so many strikes against him though: intelligence, demeanor, maturity -- the list of his Twitter faults is endless, and each ensures he won't be heard as much in the media as Agolf Twittler.
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)Mostly non-controversial stuff- happy Easter, Earth Day, what some kids /volunteers are doing to fight homelessness, his NCAA bracket, donate for flood relief for the midwest,, etc.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Could never figure why either, but not complaining...lol!
underpants
(182,819 posts)Im not on twitter but from time to time I will read through one of his posts. At least half of the responses (Im guessing they follow him) are calling him a dumbass or pointing out how he is a dumbass.
Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,921 posts)But it makes me very happy that Obama has almost twice as many.
leftieNanner
(15,111 posts)The less/fewer thing has bugged me since the beer commercial "less calories" line.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,921 posts)I've been an English teacher for almost 3 decades. This one still kills me. And it's not an obscure rule.
leftieNanner
(15,111 posts)How about the more recent grammar fail?
"Me and John are going to the movies."
Terrible.
spanone
(135,838 posts)It does my heart good to know Obama has so many more followers
LiberalFighter
(50,941 posts)BTW, I was following Drump to keep tabs on him. So if I'm following him there must be others that hate the sob and follow him. Which means not everyone that follows Drump support the sob.
Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)Much like you, just keeping a watchful eye.
Instant Liberal
(66 posts)Oversight. Careful Donnie. If they actually held you to their rules your account would have been suspended long ago.
malaise
(269,020 posts)Don the Con - hahahahahhaha
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)malaise
(269,020 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)That imbecile can't even understand that a lot of his followers are as fake as he is. Imagine the size of the grease fire if his ass literally fried.
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)dalton99a
(81,513 posts)liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)Shut the fuck up you whiny little child. Get the fuck out of our oval office. We didn't vote you in there. GET OUT!
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)if you want to keep up with his tweets, please follow @UnFollowTrump instead - they tweet out everything Donny does.