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They 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 hav
by btreecat 8y ago
They 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.