When Donald Trump sent his first Tweet in 2009, Twitter was still a fledgling company.
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Donald Trump's first-ever Tweet was a plug for 'Late Night with David Letterman'
Donald Trump fired off his first Tweet in May 2009 — eight years later, he's sent over 34,000 more.
Donald Trump, left, and David Letterman during a 2012 "Late Show" appearance.
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But when @realDonaldTrump first took to Twitter, he was still just the billionaire host of "Celebrity Apprentice."
In fact, his first-ever Tweet, sent in the afternoon of May 4, 2009, was a plug for an upcoming late show appearance:
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