The White House Social Media Summit Was as Bonkers as We Expected

President Donald Trump appeared to be in his happy place: boasting about his Twitter prowess before a nodding crowd of his favorite internet celebrities.

In this sense, the White House’s so-called “Social Media Summit” Thursday went about exactly as expected. The Tweeter-in-Chief even squeezed in a few compliments for the digital allies arrayed before him, many of whom have achieved viral fame by peddling conspiracies or far-right outrage.