Trump on his tweets: 'You have to keep people interested'

[Arkansas Granny]

President Donald Trump shared insight into his personal tweeting habits during an interview with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo.

"Tweeting is like a typewriter -- when I put it out, you put it immediately on your show," Trump told Bartiromo. "I mean the other day, I put something out, two seconds later I am watching your show, it's up."
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"When somebody says something about me, I am able to go 'bing, bing, bing' and I take care of it," Trump said.
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"You know, you have to keep people interested," the President told Bartiromo. "But, social media, without social media, I am not sure that would be here talking. I would probably not be here talking."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/10/20/politics/donald-trump-fox-business-interview-twitter/index.html

[logosoco]

1. This goes along with what I have been thinking for a while...

I would like to just turn off this channel! But I get sucked in. Just a minute ago I replied to his vile comment about Congresswoman Wilson. But then I feel my blood pressure go up and lost my positive thoughts.

This entire administration is like having a room full of toddlers (and I know this as the mother of three and I worked in the toddler room at a day care), you cannot look away. You can't trust them. But at least toddler are sweet sometimes and they have potential to grow into caring, thoughtful human beings.

I am going to try to focus just on the policies and actual things going on and not the drama, which I am sure is a thing he is doing to deflect from the real things going on.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. He has made the Presidency into a reality show. The more controversy, the higher the ratings.

[smirkymonkey]

3. This is his modus operandi.

He is not so much about keeping people interested as he is keeping the dialogue inflamed. He just wants to create chaos and controversy so that he is always at the center of what is being broadcast. This is all one big game show to him and as long as he is being talked about, he doesn't care what he says or who he hurts. The focus must always be on HIM!