Future Galactic President Trump is currently hosting an Ask Me Anything on Reddit. Once the preserve of celebrities trying to schill their new movie, Reddit AMAs are seemingly a rite of passage for internet-concious public figures, with President Obama famously using the site to help get re-elected.
This AMA is promising to go a little differently, though. It’s being hosted on /r/The_Donald, a rabidly pro-Trump subreddit that doesn’t really allow dissent of the great and glorious leader.
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If you want to take part in the AMA, good luck. There’s nearly 20,000 comments at the time of posting, and a stringent set of rules about who is able to ask a question. You can’t have a brand-new Reddit account, and you need an active account with over 500 karma to ask a question. Also, the sub is still applying its normal rules, meaning only pro-Trump opinions are really allowed.
So far, Trump has answered a couple softball questions. You can keep track of all his replies by viewing his account’s commenting history here. So far, we’ve got such stunning revelations as:
- Honestly I think NASA is wonderful! America has always led the world in space exploration.
- Keeping Crooked Hillary Clinton out of the White House!
- I have been very concerned about media bias and the total dishonesty of the press. I think new media is a great way to get out the truth.
If you’ve been following this campaign like the rest of the human race, you’ll know these are par-for-the-course things for Trump to say.
The only real thing of interest so far has been the appearance of right-wing trollmaster Milo Yiannopoulos, who has shown up a couple times in the thread to lob Trump a couple softballs. We’ll be keeping a watchful eye on Trump (or whichever poor campaign staffer is answering these questions) and keep updating throughout the evening.
