This is what I’m questioning. Everything has meaning. A bit of history of someone wants to go down the rabbit hole. The hashtag, pound, or real name: octothorpe comes from a historical quickly written version of the 17th century pound sigh (℔), which stood for weight in pounds (fun fact: lb stands for libra pondo – Italian for weight in pounds).
It’s an interview via Tweet so this tweet is a answer to a question tweeted at him by some lady interviewer. Since Twitter has a small character limit, some of his answers require multiple tweets. The # sign signals the end of his answer so the interviewer can ask the next question.
Why the pound sign at the end?
This is what I’m questioning. Everything has meaning. A bit of history of someone wants to go down the rabbit hole. The hashtag, pound, or real name: octothorpe comes from a historical quickly written version of the 17th century pound sigh (℔), which stood for weight in pounds (fun fact: lb stands for libra pondo – Italian for weight in pounds).
It denotes "checkmate" in chess notation
It’s an interview via Tweet so this tweet is a answer to a question tweeted at him by some lady interviewer. Since Twitter has a small character limit, some of his answers require multiple tweets. The # sign signals the end of his answer so the interviewer can ask the next question.
It means checkmate in chess
Don't 3 pound signs end a letter? Hasn't Trump been doing it from his office of 45 letters?
Looks like he was doing it in other tweets during an interview. Maybe it was end of answer? https://mobile.twitter.com/i/events/1481349250319486976