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What do Donald Trump鈥檚 tweets reveal about the man who, on 20th January, will be America鈥檚 next president?
Will Donald Trump鈥檚 presidency be defined by one of the ways he us seen as winning over voters - by using Twitter to reach out over the heads of the 鈥渕ainstream media鈥� - to motivate his core support, who turned out in numbers to defy the polls?

Katty Kay asks what do Trump鈥檚 Tweets tell us about the man as he prepares for his Inauguration - will he continue to use what he has called his 鈥榖eautiful鈥� Twitter鈥� account to tell the world what he鈥檚 thinking - and doing?

When he makes an announcement - like stepping down from his business - he puts it out on Twitter. 鈥淚 will be leaving my great business in order to Make America Great Again!"

His Transition tweets were a commentary on the Cabinet selection process - 鈥淛ust met with General Petraeus, was very impressed鈥� - and he stirred a diplomatic row by commenting on China, after speaking to the president of Taiwan.

But the Tweets are not all policy. Commenting about a TV satire about him, he wrote: 鈥淥ne side, biased, not funny at all鈥�. A Broadway hit musical, where his vice president was booed - 鈥� it isn鈥檛 all its cracked up to be鈥�. So what is the strategy behind the tweets and what do they say really say about the man?

(Photo: President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump Tower, 2017. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)