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The Accidental President

Donald Trump verysuccessfully used not only Twitter as atool in and of itself but Twitter...

Donald Trump very
successfully used not only Twitter as a
tool in and of itself but Twitter as a tool
to disrupt legacy media

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- Donald Trump very successfully used
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not only Twitter as a tool in and of itself
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but Twitter as a tool to disrupt legacy media.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:57
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Intervention Media

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Movie Summary

In 2016, almost anyone you asked, or any poll you consulted, pointed you to a Hillary Clinton landslide. The Accidental President is a balanced feature documentary that is seeking to answer one question - How the hell did Donald Trum
- I would be on a live TV set, and I'd be mid-sentence, - The Accidental President 00:13
- I would be on a live TV set, and I'd be mid-sentence,
But he literally would make news instantaneously. - The Accidental President 00:05
But he literally would make news instantaneously.
- And maybe a lot of that innermost decision-making - The Accidental President 00:09
- And maybe a lot of that innermost decision-making
A near real-time medium, which is what Twitter is, - The Accidental President 00:07
A near real-time medium, which is what Twitter is,
- I just can't think of a worse candidate - The Accidental President 00:04
- I just can't think of a worse candidate
I mean, Hillary isn't like a bite-sized candidate - The Accidental President 00:07
I mean, Hillary isn't like a bite-sized candidate
And to her credit, a lot of people - The Accidental President 00:08
And to her credit, a lot of people
There would be a whole team to approve a simple tweet. - The Accidental President 00:05
There would be a whole team to approve a simple tweet.
I think that people saw that and could tell - The Accidental President 00:08
I think that people saw that and could tell
- I am honored to be here amongst you - The Accidental President 00:11
- I am honored to be here amongst you
That's rare and needed in politics is no longer money. - The Accidental President 00:05
That's rare and needed in politics is no longer money.
And Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had oodles of that. - The Accidental President 00:06
And Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had oodles of that.
[stark electronic music] - The Accidental President 00:11
[stark electronic music]
- She tried to walk in a parade. To cordon off the press... - The Accidental President 00:04
- She tried to walk in a parade. To cordon off the press...
They were put in this moving rope line. - The Accidental President 00:05
They were put in this moving rope line.
Before you could say she's not talking to reporters, - The Accidental President 00:05
Before you could say she's not talking to reporters,
She felt like the front runner - The Accidental President 00:14
She felt like the front runner
- The relationship between the Clinton campaign - The Accidental President 00:06
- The relationship between the Clinton campaign
She did almost no print interviews that I'm aware of - The Accidental President 00:06
She did almost no print interviews that I'm aware of
We're trying to wrap her in bubble wrap - The Accidental President 00:08
We're trying to wrap her in bubble wrap