Coolest dictator in: El Salvador’s Prez writes in his Twitter bio | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Coolest dictator in: El Salvador’s Prez writes in his Twitter bio | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Bukele is a heavy Twitter user, and after his description changed to “dictator,” he continued tweeting normally Monday about bitcoin. The price and potential of the cryptocurrency appear to fascinate Bukele, and he made bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador, the first country to do so. El Salvador’s bitcoin-pushing president changed his Twitter profile description to “dictator” Monday, in what might be an ironic comment on last week’s protests against him. The office of President Nayib Bukele did not respond to requests for comment on the profile change, but there was no clear sign the president’s account had been hacked. Not everyone was charmed by the tactic. “Changing his Twitter profile to call himself the dictator of El Salvador is a very childish act on the part of the president," said legislator Johnny Wright Sol, a member of the opposition Nuestro Tiempo party. “This is part of the president's strategy," said lawyer Eduardo Escobar, of Citizen's Action, a civic group devoted to government accountability. “He is trying to ridicule the feelings of the public or the opposition.” Last week, thousands of people gathered in El Salvador’s capital for the first mass march against Bukele, who protesters say has concentrated too