--- title: Donald Trump Invites Twitter to #AskTrump description: A hashtag takes on a life of its own canonical: https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-21T20:41:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:06.187Z og:title: Donald Trump Invited Twitter to #AskTrump Anything and Here's What Happened og:description: A hashtag takes on a life of its own og:url: https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Invited Twitter to #AskTrump Anything and Here's What Happened twitter:description: A hashtag takes on a life of its own twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donald Trump Invited Twitter to #AskTrump Anything and Here's What Happened ## Video: Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump [Watch (HLS stream): Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8) (1:21)  _Published 2015-07-23. Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 21, 2015 8:41 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 21, 2015 8:41 PM UTC Donald Trump hosted a question-and-answer session Monday on Twitter—and naturally some funny Internet hijinks ensued. Users were invited to ask questions of the real estate mogul and [Republican presidential candidate](http://time.com/4043102/jon-stewart-donald-trump-emmy/), which Trump would answer via video at Twitter’s New York offices. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/645961611539296257) Trump took time to answer about a dozen user questions, mostly related to his campaign, but he fielded a few lighter questions, too. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/646009066809073664) But things got a bit nuttier as the #AskTrump hashtag took on a life of its own. > [](https://twitter.com/awbatchelor/status/646019072304521216) > [](https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/646012463440392192) > [](https://twitter.com/tjhansen/status/646014555458506752) > [](https://twitter.com/Four%5FPins/status/646012231164018688) > [](https://twitter.com/firstwefeast/status/646011824647839744) > [](https://twitter.com/BeforeFamePics/status/646025287923290112) > [](https://twitter.com/desusnice/status/646015858624589824) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Invited Twitter to #AskTrump Anything and Here's What Happened","datePublished":"2015-09-21T20:41:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:06.187Z","description":"A hashtag takes on a life of its own","url":"https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/","name":"Donald Trump Invited Twitter to #AskTrump Anything and Here's What Happened"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump","description":"Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7MzTpVq2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-23T21:38:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/","duration":"PT1M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4043356/donald-trump-twitter-asktrump/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```