When asked if Trump wants to be associated with a fascist dictator like Mussolini, he replied by saying, “No, I want to be associated with interesting quotes. But what difference does it make whether it’s Mussolini or somebody else? It’s certainly a very interesting quote.” As he has proved so adept at doing, Donald Trump isn't wasting an opportunity. It’s okay to–it’s a very good quote, it’s a very interesting quote, and I know it. Donald Trump had a brilliant response to Gawker giving out his cellphone number. Also Read - Twitter revamps Spaces tab by adding podcasts, Stations and moreĪt NBC’s “Meet the Press,” when asked about the Mussolini quote that he retweeted, Trump said “Look, Mussolini was Mussolini. Trump finally fell for the trap two months later by retweeting one of the quotes. Since December 2015, the bot account tweeted multiple times a day to Trump. The idea was that Trump would retweet anything that would allow him to praise himself. In a post, Gawker mentioned that they had set up a trap for Trump by creating a Twitter account by the name “Il Duce” means “the leader”). Also Read - Twitter launches new Twitter Circle feature for all users to share tweets with a private group He regularly tweets to insult his opponents and enemies, but at the same time, also seeks evidence of this greatness by praising himself. Trump prefers Twitter to directly communicate with his followers, haters and journalists who cover his presidential campaign.

Also Read - Twitter planned to make money via monetising porn on its platform The only editing done was all the quotes were attributed to Trump. Ashley Feinbergs exhaustive deep dive into Trumps hair was impeccably researched and reported and was one of my favorite. Last year, Ashley Feinberg from Gawker created a bot account on Twitter to tweet quotes from speeches and writings of Benito Mussolini, the famous Italian fascist dictator. Over the past few months, experts and pundits have been debating on one question, ‘Is Donald Trump a fascist?” And while they may not have an answer to it yet, one thing is for sure, Trump does tweet like one.

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