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I can't believe I'm writing this, but given the current modes of political communication in the US longer tweets may prevent nuclear war...
by iaw 9y ago
I can't believe I'm writing this, but given the current modes of political communication in the US longer tweets may prevent nuclear war...
- bsaul 9y agoDon't think it's a trump thing , or even something specific to the US. I remember a few years ago, our french prime minister tweeted his condolences to the victim of a terror attack in France.
- 2muchcoffeeman 9y agoI think it's fairly reasonable to tweet condolences or important news. Twitter is widely used and as a government you probably want to spread information as quickly as possible. Tweets are probably made along side more traditional forms of communication. But Trump is just something else. The sheer lack of self control. This is not the behaviour of a leader of a first world nation or for that matter, an adult.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago> This is not the behaviour of a leader of a first world nation or for that matter, an adult. This is factually incorrect.
- baddox 9y agoIt’s clear that the commenter is referring to expected or acceptable behavior of someone in that role. Like if a 30 year old human threw a hissy fit over not having enough cake to eat, you might say they’re not acting like an adult.
- Retra 9y agoAs a government, the need for instantaneous communication is pretty much confined to secure channels. The need to respond immediately was a sloped we slipped down by racing to the bottom.
- blfr 9y agoTrump leveraged a TV show and a Twitter account into the presidency beating two most powerful American political dynasties in the process. Why would you believe that his current tweets are caused by lack of self control?
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- jacquesm 9y agoThey could do their bit in preventing nuclear war by banning a couple of users.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoIndeed. If you recall when Trump announced his transgender ban on the military, he had a ten minute delay between part one and the actual subject of the message. "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow....." During those ten minutes, even folks at the Pentagon were wondering if Trump was about to announce a strike on a foreign power or something of that gravity... and surely folks in other countries' governments were wondering the same. A cut-off tweet could, indeed, lead someone to believe a strike is imminent.
- rhencke 9y ago> During those ten minutes, even folks at the Pentagon were wondering if Trump was about to announce a strike on a foreign power Do you have a source you could provide for this?
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoIt looks like Buzzfeed is the source of the claim here (everywhere I go, the Buzzfeed article's copy is what's cited), and they didn't provide a source for it that's easy to follow up: https://gizmodo.com/the-pentagon-worried-trump-was-about-to-start-a-nuclear-1797291605 https://gizmodo.com/the-pentagon-worried-trump-was-about-to-... I'll leave it to your judgment whether or not you think Buzzfeed's journalistic quality was up to par that day or not. (It varies.)
- rhencke 9y agoThanks for following up with that - I appreciate it.
- supergreg 9y agoI thought he was going for something along those lines, then somebody got through to him and so he ended it up with something nonsensical, hence the delay.
- forapurpose 9y ago