I don't pay attention to Donald Trump tweets, says Barack Obama
Washington, May 7: US President Barack Obama on Friday said he does not pay attention to the tweets of Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, which of late has been creating a lot of controversies in the social media.
"I have no thoughts on Mr Trump's tweets," Obama said. "As a general rule, I don't pay attention to Mr Trump's tweets. I think that will be true for, I think, for the next six months. So, if you could just file that one," Obama told reporters when asked about Trump's latest taco bowl tweet.
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A day before, Trump tweeted picture of him showing eating taco bowl. "I love Hispanics!" Trump said.
Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016
"I had 59,000 retweets in a short period of what, that's like, almost got to be some kind of a record," Trump told Fox News.
"People loved it. And you know what? I'm going to do great with the Hispanics. I mean, I'm going to do fantastic, because I'm bringing jobs back to America," he said. Trump has nearly eight million followers on Twitter.
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