Apparently the only app on Trump's iPhone is Twitter
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The president of the United States of America has just one app on his cell phone, top White House officials say. You get three guesses what it is, and the first two don't count.
That's right: President Trump's iPhone is stocked with only the Twitter app, Axios reports. That goes far toward explaining his knee-jerk reactions to cable news programs and his odd-hour Twitter rants. "Trump himself has been pushing staff to give him more free time," Axios adds. "But staff does everything it can to load up his schedule to keep him from getting worked up watching cable coverage, which often precipitates his tweets."
Noticeably absent from Trump's phone, then, is the app for the iPhone game Pokémon Go. During the campaign, Trump lamented that he wished he had time to play.
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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
