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I don't think he's a troll, at least not in the sense of the word I understand, which implies intent.

DT doesn't tweet things he doesn't really believe in or care about just to rile people up: he says what he really means and he has no idea of the consequences (and doesn't care).

It's literally the opposite of a troll.

Which, of course, is terrifying when it's the president of the US.

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"DT doesn't tweet things he doesn't really believe in or care about"

Really? Funny how he cares about Hillary when he's getting heat in the press. Then tweets distractions all day long. No, he's a troll, he trolls the press and his detractors with the twitter platform.

Trolling is all about creating a stink. There's different kinds of trolling, that come from different places. Some of it is because the troll really believes what he/she is saying. Some of it is saying whatever gets a rise out of your target, regardless of what you believe. In all cases a troll is a troll.

There are DT is, in the literal sense of the phrase, king troll.

If trolling is really about "creating a stink", regardless of intent/belief, then doesn't that kill it as a negative term? Are muckrakers trolls?

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