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By retweeting suspect accounts, seemingly without regard for their identities or motives, President Trump has lent credibility to white nationalists, anti-Muslim bigots and obscure QAnon adherents. nyti.ms/2N8jVMS
We examined President Trump’s interactions on Twitter since he took office, analyzing his 11,000+ tweets, tracking how he is exposed to information and replicating what he is likely to see on this platform. nyti.ms/2N8jVMS
These are the 47 accounts President Trump follows on Twitter. Some of the questionable material he tweets comes from some of these accounts, which follow and retweet accounts promoting QAnon or expressing anti-Islam or white nationalist views. nyti.ms/2N8jVMS
QAnon-related accounts have potentially migrated to the president’s iPhone from retweets by Donald Trump Jr., Maria Bartiromo and Eric Bolling. Trump’s son has also retweeted Russian intelligence operatives pushing divisive stories about immigration. nyti.ms/2N8jVMS
The time President Trump spends on Twitter "gives you an amazing opportunity to game the president," says Clint Watts, a former FBI agent and a cybersecurity expert who studies propaganda campaigns on social media. nyti.ms/2N8jVMS
Read the investigation by @mmcintire, @karenyourish and @larrybuch to explore President Trump’s Twitter account, where he spends time mingling with extremists, racists and spies. nyti.ms/2N8jVMS
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