It’s not yuuuuuge.
The number of people and groups on Twitter that are followed by Donald Trump is only 42 — compared to the 11,404,667 following him, as of Friday. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, is following 748 while being followed by 8,679,018.
The elite list of those being followed by @realDonaldTrump has few Chicago connections. There’s Fox News host Eric Bolling, a Chicago native and graduate of Loyola Academy in Wilmette. There’s running mate Mike Pence, whose grandfather used to drive a bus in Chicago. There’s Chicago’s Trump Tower itself. And there’s Geraldo Rivera, who isn’t from around here but starred in a legendary Chicago television broadcast in which he opened “Al Capone’s vault” at the old Lexington Hotel and found … debris.
Here are the Trump 42:
TRUMP CAMPAIGN
*Vice presidential nominee Mike Pence
*Spokespeople Michael Cohen and Katrina Pierson
*Social media chief Dan Scavino Jr., who met Trump in the 1990s when he was 16 and served as Trump’s golf caddie
*Official Team Trump
CONSERVATIVE BIG SHOTS
*Ann Coulter, author of the new book “In Trump We Trust”
TV BIG SHOTS
*Mark Burnett, TV exec who produced Trump’s “The Apprentice”
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*Roma Downey, star of “Touched by an Angel”
TRUMP EMPIRE
*The Trump Organization
*Trump National Golf Club Charlotte
*Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C.
*Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles
TRUMP FAMILY
*Melania Trump, wife
*Ivanka Trump, daughter
*Tiffany Trump, daughter
*Eric Trump, son
*Donald Trump Jr., son
*Vanessa Trump, daughter-in-law
*Lara Trump, daughter-in-law
TRUMP SUPPORTERS
*Corey Lewandowski, former campaign chief
*Diamond and Silk, YouTube commentators
*Katrina Campins, former contestant on “The Apprentice”
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SPORTS LUMINARIES
*Gary Player, golf great
*Magic Johnson, basketball star
*Vince McMahon, wrestling impresario
FOX NEWS
*Greta Van Susteren, longtime host who left the network this past week
FRENEMIES
*Joe Scarborough, MSNBC host who was friendly with Trump about six months ago but is now in a feud (Trump called him a “clown” in a tweet last month)
*Mika Brzezinski, Scarborough’s co-host whom Trump called “neurotic” in a tweet last month