Twitter’s Covid-19 war: Trump vs WHO’s Tedros
Donald Trump and the head of the World Health Organisation are tweeting furiously about who’s doing a better job
17 April 2020 - 18:05
Zurich — Donald Trump’s Twitter account faces a new gun in town: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO). In recent days, Tedros has been sending out about twice as many tweets as Trump as the two leaders duel it out to control the narrative over the coronavirus pandemic.
Still, it’s David versus Goliath: Trump has 77-million followers, making his account among the 10 most popular on Twitter. Tedros has 1-million, which may be good for a leader of a UN institution, though it leaves him in the ranks of the Backstreet Boys or Pamela Anderson...
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