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Trump’s existential threat: How to keep GOP in line without Twitter — Alex Isenstadt

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Trump and his advisors had already been concerned about the possibility of Twitter ban a year ago. So far, there is no alternative with a similar reach.Donald Trump was meeting then-campaign manager Brad Parscale and other political aides in the White House Cabinet Room early last year when the president made a demand: Find me a social media platform to use other than Twitter.Someone in the meeting had piped up with concern that Twitter — Trump’s primary outlet for communicating with his supporters and the outside world — might eventually ban him over controversial posts.PoliticoTrump’s existential threat: How to keep GOP in line without TwitterAlex Isenstadt

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Trump and his advisors had already been concerned about the possibility of Twitter ban a year ago. So far, there is no alternative with a similar reach.
Donald Trump was meeting then-campaign manager Brad Parscale and other political aides in the White House Cabinet Room early last year when the president made a demand: Find me a social media platform to use other than Twitter.

Someone in the meeting had piped up with concern that Twitter — Trump’s primary outlet for communicating with his supporters and the outside world — might eventually ban him over controversial posts.

Politico
Trump’s existential threat: How to keep GOP in line without Twitter
Alex Isenstadt
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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