Trump's former aide tells how he dictated tweets
“There are certain words he liked to capitalise… like ‘country’,” she said. “He liked exclamation points.”
Mr Trump is accused of falsifying records to hide a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. He denies the charges.
Giving evidence for the prosecution Ms Westerhout, who was eventually fired by Mr Trump, recounted her tasks as her boss prepared to enter office in 2016 and during his time in the White House.
Mr Trump’s top aide, Dan Scavino also had access to the @realDonaldTrump account, she said, but added that when he was absent, Ms Westerhout would occasionally help craft a tweet.
Ms Westerhout, whose desk sat directly outside the Oval Office while Trump was president, said he would sometimes have her print out draft tweets for him to edit by hand.
Though he was an avid Twitter user, Mr Trump preferred to summon her and dictate his posts, she said.
Ms Westerhout said she would have to take notes, quickly type up the draft, and print it out for him.
