President Trump spoke at length about his social media habits in a Friday transcript of a forthcoming interview with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo. He said his Twitter account is an important way to spread his views, manipulate lawmakers, and keep the public's attention — among other purposes. The interview will air on FBN Sunday and Monday, but in the meantime, read below seven of Trump's most noteworthy Twitter-related comments from the conversation. Bonnie Kristian
1. "Tweeting is like a typewriter — when I put it out, you put it immediately on your show."2. "You have to keep people interested."3. "You know what I find; the ones [who] don't want me to [tweet] are the enemies."4. "I was in a faraway land, and I was tweeting. And I said very little. I said, like, 'I'm in Italy right now,' you know, for the summits. So, 'I'm in Italy right now and the weather is wonderful.' And one of the dishonest networks said, 'Donald Trump is on a Twitter stomp again.'" (See the Italy tweets here.)5. "When somebody says something about me, I am able to go 'bing, bing, bing' and I take care of it."6. "I doubt I would be [president] if it weren't for social media, to be honest with you."7. "[My tweets] are well crafted. I was always good student." [Donald Trump, via FBN]
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