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Searching 'racist' on Twitter brings up Trump as top result

AFP/File / Olivier Douliery

US President Donald Trump appears as the first result of suggested accounts when users type "racist" into Twitter's people search, it emerged Wednesday.

The result, reported by the British news outlet The Independent and verified by AFP, highlights the intense discord around the president.

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