Nearly 70% of Americans would like Trump to please stop tweeting

Nearly 70% of Americans would like Trump to please stop tweeting. Image: Rex Features via AP Images Two-thirds of America agrees: President-elect Donald Trump should cut down on his Twitter habit. This is the result of a new NBC/WSJ poll, in which 69 percent of Americans said that Trump on Twitter is a bad idea while 26 percent had no qualms with Trump's 140-character rants announcements. But even among Republicans, only 46 percent said Trump on Twitter is a good idea, while 47 percent would prefer him not tweeting. But this one comes after the president-elect said he would keep using his personal account, @realDonaldTrump, instead of the official @POTUS account, during his presidency. so I’ve got 46 million people right now — that’s a lot, that’s really a lot — but 46 million — including Facebook, Twitter and ya know, Instagram, so when you think that you’re 46 million there, I’d rather just let that build up and just keep it @realDonaldTrump, it’s working," Trump recently told The Sunday Times in an interview (note that he has combined all his social media followers into one number; his Twitter account has 20.3 million followers). Trump also cited "dishonest press" among his reasons to stay active on Twitter. I have other things I could be doing. But I get very dishonest media, very dishonest press. And it's my only way that I can counteract," he said during an interview on Fox News' Fox & Friends.