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A mouthpiece yes, but an official way to "make policy" no. Policy is still created through official means like signing executive orders, etc.
by mal10c 8y ago
A mouthpiece yes, but an official way to "make policy" no. Policy is still created through official means like signing executive orders, etc.
- spookthesunset 8y ago> A mouthpiece yes, but an official way to "make policy" no Sorry but you are wrong. Trump's administration has stated that his tweets are official statements. Meaning, he can't block people who reply to his tweets. https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-tweets-official-statements/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-tweets-officia...
- mal10c 8y agoHuh, I stand corrected. Good find.
- ubernostrum 8y agoSee also @RealPressSecBot, which hammers home the point: https://twitter.com/RealPressSecBot https://twitter.com/RealPressSecBot For those who don't want to click, it collects Trump's tweets in real-ish time, and reframes them into images of official-looking messages. The latest one as of the time I post this comment begins: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2018 Statement by the President And then puts the text of Trump's tweet immediately below.
- chris_wot 8y agoThis has to be my favourite: https://twitter.com/RealPressSecBot/status/999284068696047616 https://twitter.com/RealPressSecBot/status/99928406869604761...
- btreecat 8y agoThey count as official statements by the POTUS. No different if he were to go on TV, Radio, etc and make an announcement/proclamation. These statements can have legal power behind them such as declassifying documents.
- derefr 8y agoIs there a way to make a public statement as the POTUS that doesn't have legal force? Can the person who is the POTUS speak "as the man" rather than speaking "as the role"?
- ravitation 8y agoAs far as I can tell, that's how President Obama used his personal Twitter account vs. the @POTUS twitter account. One was personal and the other official. The Trump administration has explicitly chosen not to draw that line (for whatever reason), which is what leads inevitably to decisions like this.