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You might be right (or at least closer to it) if the current POTUS didn't regularly use Twitter to make actual policy pronouncements with significant real-world

You might be right (or at least closer to it) if the current POTUS didn't regularly use Twitter to make actual policy pronouncements with significant real-world consequences.

knolax 6y ago
Can you give an example?
- throwaway287391 6y ago
  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/donald-trump-tweets-transgender-military-service-ban/579655/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/donald-...
- vharuck 6y ago
  Copying a quote I shared in a previous discussion about the hack's implications: "Justice Department lawyer Jennifer Utrecht in her reply [in a Supreme Court case] acknowledged the president’s tweets are official government statements" [bracketed text inserted for context] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/can-president-trump-block-his-critics-on-twitter-federal-appeals-court-will-consider-that-today/2019/03/25/49e3f64e-4e4f-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/can-presid...
  - knolax 6y ago
    A statement and a proclaimation are distinct. A proclaimation implies that it's an announcement meant to be widely seen. In truth I don't think even Trump's supporters pay attention to his Twitter.
SmokeyHamster 6y ago
You're grossly exaggerating. Trump's also used Twitter to float potential policy changes that either weren't implemented or were considerably changed before implementation. Trump used Twitter to threaten thinly veiled war with North Korea in response to North Korean missile tests, and yet a few months later he was shaking hands with Kim Jong Un. In some ways, Trump's use of Twitter to A/B test would lessen the impact should a hacker gain access to the account, since most people would probably just dismiss it as "Trump being Trump". Anyone treating Twitter as a gospel truth is an idiot.

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You might be right (or at least closer to it) if the current POTUS didn't regularly use Twitter to make actual policy pronouncements with significant real-world

by throwaway287391 6y ago

You might be right (or at least closer to it) if the current POTUS didn't regularly use Twitter to make actual policy pronouncements with significant real-world consequences.

knolax 6y ago
Can you give an example?
- throwaway287391 6y ago
  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/donald-trump-tweets-transgender-military-service-ban/579655/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/donald-...
- vharuck 6y ago
  Copying a quote I shared in a previous discussion about the hack's implications: "Justice Department lawyer Jennifer Utrecht in her reply [in a Supreme Court case] acknowledged the president’s tweets are official government statements" [bracketed text inserted for context] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/can-president-trump-block-his-critics-on-twitter-federal-appeals-court-will-consider-that-today/2019/03/25/49e3f64e-4e4f-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/can-presid...
  - knolax 6y ago
    A statement and a proclaimation are distinct. A proclaimation implies that it's an announcement meant to be widely seen. In truth I don't think even Trump's supporters pay attention to his Twitter.
SmokeyHamster 6y ago
You're grossly exaggerating. Trump's also used Twitter to float potential policy changes that either weren't implemented or were considerably changed before implementation. Trump used Twitter to threaten thinly veiled war with North Korea in response to North Korean missile tests, and yet a few months later he was shaking hands with Kim Jong Un. In some ways, Trump's use of Twitter to A/B test would lessen the impact should a hacker gain access to the account, since most people would probably just dismiss it as "Trump being Trump". Anyone treating Twitter as a gospel truth is an idiot.