Trump joins video streaming platform Twitch for re-election campaign

Published 10/10/2019, 09:09 PM
© Reuters. U.S. President Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House in Washington
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has joined Amazon Inc's (O:AMZN) Twitch, his verified account on the video game live-streaming platform showed in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

A message about Trump's rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota figures on his channel https://www.twitch.tv/donaldtrump, which garnered more than 7,000 followers by Friday. With 15 million users, the platform is primarily a gaming site but also has channels on sports, music and politics.

U.S. presidential election candidate Bernie Sanders and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the video streaming platform earlier this year.

© Reuters. U.S. President Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House in Washington

Trump has been an active user of Twitter Inc (N:TWTR), with more than 65 million followers of his posts on new tariffs in the U.S.-China trade war and other political decisions.

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