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>If it's this easy to hack Trump's Twitter account and say things that could trigger war I think before going to war with a super power, a country will check w

>If it's this easy to hack Trump's Twitter account and say things that could trigger war I think before going to war with a super power, a country will check with various diplomatic channels if that was really what was said. In addition, if war could be triggered by a tweet, stuff isn't going so well anyway. With the possible exception of North Korea, I can't think of a single country that would go to war with the United States over any possible tweet by the President or anyone else, even if the tweet was real.

the_af 7y ago
Agreed, with the addition that North Korea wouldn't go to war with the US over a tweet either.
ceejayoz 7y ago
On its own, probably true. If that tweet happened to drop at the same time as something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar..., who knows?
anigbrowl 7y ago
While it's unlikely North Korea would just launch missiles on that basis, is that really a gamble you want to take? Imagine such exploit taking place at a moment of greater tension, and consider the fact that the President is already prone to erratic behavior online which his staff then attempts (or not) to conform to existing policy. EDIT: right after reading this thread I glanced at the headlines, only to discover that intel analysts are (allegedly) upset that the following Presidential tweet included a snapshot of a till-then classified surveillance image. I offer this as an example of why traditional diplomatic and security norms may be more fragile than you suspect. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1167493371973255170 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/11674933719732551... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/30/trump-says-us-wasnt-involved-in-apparent-launch-pad-explosion-in-iran.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/30/trump-says-us-wasnt-involved...

the_af 7y ago

Agreed, with the addition that North Korea wouldn't go to war with the US over a tweet either.

ceejayoz 7y ago

On its own, probably true. If that tweet happened to drop at the same time as something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar..., who knows?

anigbrowl 7y ago

While it's unlikely North Korea would just launch missiles on that basis, is that really a gamble you want to take? Imagine such exploit taking place at a moment of greater tension, and consider the fact that the President is already prone to erratic behavior online which his staff then attempts (or not) to conform to existing policy. EDIT: right after reading this thread I glanced at the headlines, only to discover that intel analysts are (allegedly) upset that the following Presidential tweet included a snapshot of a till-then classified surveillance image. I offer this as an example of why traditional diplomatic and security norms may be more fragile than you suspect. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1167493371973255170 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/11674933719732551... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/30/trump-says-us-wasnt-involved-in-apparent-launch-pad-explosion-in-iran.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/30/trump-says-us-wasnt-involved...