Story highlights Trump's use of Twitter dates back years before he was in the White House

Trump took aim at the media while discussing his plans for a wall on the southern border

(CNN) President Donald Trump touted his Twitter presence while campaigning for fellow Republican Luther Strange on Friday night.

At the Alabama rally set just days ahead of the state's Senate Republican primary runoff election, the President took a moment to celebrate his ability to speak directly to his base via Twitter.

"That is the great thing about Twitter," Trump said. "You know, when the press is dishonest, which is most of the time, and when they say, like, I don't want to build a wall, I can tweet 'That was a false story. Boom. Boom. Boom.' "

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Trump took aim at the media while talking about his plans to build a wall on the southern border: "Well every once in a while you hear, 'Well, he doesn't really want to build the wall,' I say, 'Excuse me?'" Trump said.

Trump's use of Twitter dates back years before he was in the White House and has been one of the more unique and controversial aspects of his presidency.

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