(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.
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.