Donald Trump Announces Reddit AMA

Trending News: Hold Everything, Donald Trump Is Doing A Reddit AMA

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Because who knows what will happen when Trump gives people this kind of access.

Long Story Short

Monday morning, Donald Trump's campaign announced that Trump would participate in a reddit AMA, or "Ask Me Anything." The auspicious event will take place Wednesday at 6:30 pm.

Long Story

If there's one thing you have to give Donald Trump credit for (and you might as well, as banks certainly won't), it's his ability to connect with his fans and supporters on the internet. Donald Trump's twitter account is certifiably insane, yes, but it's also relentless, tweeting a nearly constant stream of half-thoughts. Should Trump choose to, he could certainly interact with people via twitter as well, though he tends not to. No, to do that, Trump has chosen the most lawless place on the internet: reddit.

Trump is doing an ask me anything on Reddit this Wednesday pic.twitter.com/dPbqvmAUS1 — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 25, 2016

The statement indicates that Trump will participate in a reddit AMA, or "Ask Me Anything" on Wednesday July 27 It's a popular style of reddit post that reaches viral levels when a celebrity gets involved, much less a presidential candidate. The post will go live at 6:30, at which point redditors will be free to do their worst. At 7:00, Trump will select the questions he wants to answer. The AMA will occur on r/The_Donald.

Though not entirely novel (President Obama did one in 2012), it presents as a way for Trump to appear as a "man of the people," essential to his populist campaign. "Presents" is an important distinction, however, because the format doesn't really force his hand any more than twitter does. Trump can still pick and choose where he wants to respond and, given his dearth of any actual policy positions or platforms, odds are we'll get more of the same rhetoric.

Regardless, though, we should all be excited for this excellent opportunity to ask a presidential candidate the really tough questions. Questions like...

Boxers or briefs?

Which pokemon would you most like to have sex with?

If you were forced to eat either a cat or a dog, which would you choose?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck (chucking ability assumed)?

Who farted?

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