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Donald Trump is Taking Over Periscope Too

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Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
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December 3, 2015, 2:19 PM ET
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Real estate tycoon Donald Trump flashes the thumbs-up as he arrives on stage for the start of the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)Photograph by Mandel Ngan — AFP/Getty Images

Top GOP contender for President Donald Trump is adding another social media service to his repertoire: Periscope.

Trump, already a prolific user of Twitter(TWTR), said Wednesday that he will host weekly interviews on the streaming live video platform in the future and added he’d make use of Facebook (FB) for interviews, too.

“Join me at 2:00pm EST today—live from Trump Tower —via Facebook & Periscope!” he tweeted to his followers.

In his first broadcast, he began, “Hello folks, it’s Donald Trump,” and kicked off a 10-minute video, according to Re/Code. “We’ll be talking about the world,” he said.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1DXxykNjzWVGM

However, there were technical difficulties with his broadcast on Facebook as a result of “too many people calling in, more than they ever expected,” he said.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/672121743247597568/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

One question Trump answered from fans, after discussing such topics as his book, his polling figures, and Hillary Clinton, was about his potential his pick for Vice President.

“We have some pretty good ones, but I can’t say who they are,” he explained.

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Benjamin Snyder is Fortune's managing editor, leading operations for the newsroom.

Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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