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Donald Trump's Twitch Channel was a Twitch channel created by the team of the former United States President Donald Trump for the purposes of livestreaming his events. The launch of the channel prompted a series of streaming-related and gaming-related jokes.

Origin

On October 10th, 2019, the United States President Donald Trump registered on Twitch as DonaldTrump.^[1] On the same day, the channel broadcasted Donald Trump's rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the broadcast peaking at over 13,500 viewers^[2] and the channel accumulating over 235,000 views within 24 hours.

Spread

On October 10th, 2019, The Verge reported that Trump joined the streaming service,^[3] with more news outlets reporting the news in the following hours.

On the same day, esports personality Rod "Slasher" Breslau tweeted the news, with the post receiving over 1,200 upvotes and 6,300 likes in one day (tweet shown below, left).^[4] In the following hour, Twitter user @jaubreyYT made a meme referencing the PewDiePie's N-Word Bridge controversy, with the tweet gaining over 5,800 retweets and 37,400 likes in one day (shown below, right).^[5]

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