Why Even Donald Trump Can’t Save Twitter

“It’s an increased value asset that’s getting more valuable every day,” Ross Gerber says. “And management is unable to capitalize on it”

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By most forms of logic, Twitter should be one of most successful social media companies on the planet.

President Donald Trump largely communicates with the American people through Twitter. He has 43 million followers between the @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS accounts, and other national politicians, media members and stock traders pretty much have to follow him as part of their job. His tweets have even moved markets (although Wall Street seems to be wisening up), and last week, Trump said Twitter was integral in getting him elected.

So why can’t Twitter turn itself into a functional company with a healthy stock price? The company’s stock closed Tuesday at $14.54

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