The Silicon Valley entrepreneur said that the internet is obviously broken because it rewards extremes.

A co-founder of Twitter Evan Williams said he’s sorry if the popular social media platform helped put Donald Trump in the White House, as the President had suggested.

In an interview with The New York Times, Mr.Williams said Twitter’s role in Mr. Trump’s populist rise is “a very bad thing.”

The President had credited Twitter with his election to the highest office in the land.

When confronted with that notion, Mr. Williams said, “If it’s true that he wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for Twitter, then yeah, I’m sorry.”

The 45-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur also said the internet is obviously broken because it rewards extremes.

Mr. Williams also said he was wrong to think that the world would be a better place if there was a platform for everyone to freely speak and exchange ideas.