Documentary to look at Donald Trump’s tweets

The programme looks at the American President’s use of social media.

Trump In Tweets examines Donald Trump’s love affair with social media. Using his tweets, the programme will tell how the current President of America came of age on Twitter, from a technophobe to a serial tweeter, as well as documenting the impact of his social media across the world.

Using first-hand testimony from people in his inner circle, interviews with experts and journalists, as well as hearing from his avid twitter followers, this BBC Three documentary will tell the story of how Trump weaponised Twitter and used it as a political tool to shape his policies, conduct diplomacy and wage war on the establishment.

From his first innocuous tweet to the extraordinary exchanges with North Korea’s Leader and his continuing war on anyone who opposes him, the film will explore how his tweets provide an insight into his psyche, as well as maintaining his cult-like popularity amongst his followers.

In other BBC Three news the channel is to also air what they describe as a ‘fun, frank, and revealing documentary’ that tells the story of Oliver and his extended network of 26-and-counting siblings in the USA. The cameras follow Oliver as he tries to come to terms with his extraordinary new family tree by travelling to the States to spend time with his siblings, and his donor dad.

Through this very personal journey, the film will explore themes of identity, family, and belonging, as well as probing some of the biggest ethical questions facing genetic science today.

“These new films take us to the US and are stories about connection, with one looking at President Trump’s extraordinary use of social media, a tool available to all of us, and the way he connects with his followers whilst the other is an extraordinary story of a young Londoner who embarks on a journey to find those connected to him via his DNA.” – Fiona Campbell, Controller, BBC Three

Even the waxwork of Donald Trump has him checking his social media.