In his rambling defence where he denied saying he literally meant for his followers to check out a sex tape (something Ms Machado denies and dismisses as "cheap lies and slander") the 70-year-old also said Twitter is a great place to communicate.
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“Tweeting happens to be a modern day form of communication, you can like it or not like it,” he said. “Between Facebook and Twitter, I happen to have almost 25 million people, it’s a very effective way of communication.”
Enter Perry, an ardent Clinton supporter and campaigner, who also happens to be the most followed person on Twitter:
Perry has an eye-watering 93.4 million followers on Twitter, 71.1 million on Facebook and 56.8 million on Instagram.
Meaning, yes in comparison to Perry’s 220 million social media following, Mr Trump’s 25 million is rather measly.
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