Twitter invokes the allure of one of its biggest users for its billboard ads

You can't deny, he's certainly a power user.
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Yvette Tan
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Twitter invokes the allure of one of its biggest users for its billboard ads
Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (8560600j) United States President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with the National Association of Manufacturers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. National Association of Manufacturers meeting, Washington DC, USA - 31 Mar 2017 Credit: REX/Shutterstock

To promote the nature of real-time news on its platform, Twitter is turning to one of its more unfiltered, famous users -- U.S. president Donald Trump.

The social network is plastering his likeness on its billboard ads all over Tokyo's railway stations, accompanied by the hashtag #TrumpAdministration (トランプ政権) and a catchphrase: "There is a 'now' you don't know about."

Trump has said before he's had to turn to the 140-character platform to broadcast the "truth," to fend off reports about him he feels are inaccurate.

Earlier this week, Trump also told the FT: "Without the tweets, I wouldn't be here. I have over 100 million followers [on social media]...I don't have to go to the fake media."

He has 27.4 million followers on Twitter alone.

[H/T: RocketNews]

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Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.

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