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🗓️ 18 January 2017
⏱️ 27 minutes
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What do Donald Trump’s tweets reveal about the man who, on 20 January, will be America’s next president? Will he continue to use what he has called his "beautiful Twitter” account to tell the world what he is thinking - and doing?
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0:00.0 | When Twitter was created 10 years ago, few would have thought it would soon come to define a presidency. |
0:07.0 | Donald Trump's use of those 140 characters to lambast opponents, announce policy, and reach over the heads of the press to communicate directly |
0:16.4 | with his 20 million followers has become a signature of his victory, and most probably his time |
0:22.4 | in office. |
0:23.0 | Twitter and Trump, they are inseparable. |
0:27.0 | I'm Katty Kaye later this week I'll be anchoring the BBC's coverage of the President's |
0:31.3 | inauguration here in Washington. Now we're going to |
0:34.5 | examine the extraordinary impact of Donald Trump's tweets. They are read in this |
0:38.8 | documentary by an actor. I win an election easily. A great movement is verified and crooked opponents try to |
0:46.1 | belittle our victory with fake news. A sorry state. |
0:49.5 | Yeah, he speaks to the way American people want him to speak. I mean you get his thoughts. I love that. |
0:54.7 | Yeah. |
0:55.7 | Meryl Streep, one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attack me last |
1:01.0 | night at the Golden Globes. |
1:02.8 | She's a Hillary Flunky who lost big. |
1:05.2 | When he's talking to you directly, whether it's on YouTube or Twitter |
1:08.5 | or at a rally like this, you're getting it right from his mouth |
1:11.4 | and you're getting the tone and you know what he's saying and why. |
1:14.0 | I like it. |
1:15.0 | Hopefully all supporters and those who want to make America great again |
1:20.0 | will go to DC on January 20th. |
1:22.0 | It will be a great show. |
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