Donald Trump’s campaign has fully embraced the bravado-filled, macho, often contrarian online spaces popular with a subset of younger men on livestreaming platforms like Twitch and Kick, as well as on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, which is in some ways an evolution of the strategy he used to boost his persona as a playboy, businessman and mogul.
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Donald Trump dances with Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice during an event at the group’s annual convention in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump courts conservative influencers
It is unclear how much the Trump campaign’s ventures into online media will boost his campaign. The same social media platforms are filled with content creators highly critical of the former president who go viral by the same algorithms as 23-year-old internet personality Adin Ross and other pro-Trump…
