President Trump combined two of his favorite activities Tuesday morning: watching cable news and tweeting. Instead of simply viewing Fox News — as Trump reportedly "spends hours" doing any given morning — Trump also decided to live-tweet his responses to what the hosts were saying.
First, Trump tweeted at Fox & Friends' official Twitter feed about how "weak!" former President Barack Obama was in dealing with Russia. Then, he gave a glimpse of what will apparently happen in the second and third phases of the rollout of the American Health Care Act, the proposal House Republicans offered Monday to replace ObamaCare:
Perhaps this evening he'll be live-tweeting Bill O'Reilly's or Sean Hannity's show, his favorite after-dinner TV fare.
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