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Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00

67 points by jaboutboul 6y ago

mech422 6y ago
According to the state departments website, Trump's term ended ?
filleokus 6y ago
If the page gets fixed, it's archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210111200247/https://www.state.gov/biographies/donald-j-trump/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210111200247/https://www.state... Interesting to note that the time seems to be jumping around. Some staffer with backend templating access behind it?
- jaboutboul 6y ago
  or maybe they are taking bets on when it happens?
  - aaomidi 6y ago
    https://twitter.com/tarah/status/1348727605617258496 https://twitter.com/tarah/status/1348727605617258496
uberman 6y ago
Someone testing something in production looks like. If this was a real thing it would be in the news not as an odd footer.
- anonymouse008 6y ago
  Testing a breach perhaps? Or proving their breach?
  - jaboutboul 6y ago
    i said in another comment but maybe they are taking bets on when it happens?
throwaway4good 6y ago
Bizarre. There are no other words for it.
- WalterSear 6y ago
  Naw, just shenanigans.
deleted 6y ago
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shadowfacts 6y ago
Apparently state.gov runs on WordPress (if you View Source, there are a number of comments which reference WP plugins). My guess is something was badly configured and someone broke in and vandalized the page.
- space_ghost 6y ago
  Yeah, it's a cheap and childish hack.
keithflower 6y ago
I'm betting on some kind of glitch on the State Department website, but it's an interesting historical note that when Richard Nixon formally resigned in August 1974, he did so via a brief letter to then Secretary of State Kissinger.
throwaway4good 6y ago
I am getting: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:48:41.
- aarchi 6y ago
  I see: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.
- anonymouse008 6y ago
  I'm getting: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.
  - Buttons840 6y ago
    I'm getting: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:07. Update: After getting the above I now get: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.
    - nomy99 6y ago
      Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00.
      - abetusk 6y ago
        Are we living in a Phillip K Dick novel? I'm seeing: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:39:22.
        jlgaddis 6y ago
        > Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:07. The even more shocking news is that half of HN had apparently never seen or never heard of a "dynamic web page" before!
        Buttons840 6y ago
throwaway4good 6y ago
Is this supposed to replace his Twitter feed?
maxharris 6y ago
This was a mistake https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/01/u-s-state-department-mistakenly-reports-trumps-term-ended/ https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/01/u-s-state-department-m...
- nate 6y ago
  But is this just news that's reporting what someone read/found here? :)
- anonymouse008 6y ago
  Additional source: "UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies" https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348725601335717889 https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/134872560133...
  - deleted 6y ago
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clarkmoody 6y ago
This is not a great look for a .gov website right now.
- Tanath 6y ago
  Neither was omitting Putin's admission that he wanted Trump to win from the Whitehouse transcripts.
  - Tanath 6y ago
    I can't edit my comment, so here's a citation in reply: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/trump-putin-press-conference-transcript/565385/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/tr...
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edavis 6y ago
> UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies. More TK. https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348725601335717889 https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348725601335717889
Natfan 6y ago
Site's down for me due to "technical difficulties", but fails to give me a "Reference ID" so that I can contact support. Interesting...
- eganist 6y ago
  still works for me, odd.
wl 6y ago
Even if section 4 of the 25th amendment were validly invoked, it would not end the president's term. Such a procedure only temporarily removes the powers of the presidency to the VP. Ending the term would require impeachment.
- WalterSear 6y ago
  There's an obscure clause of the 25th amendment that declares the presidency null and void if it should be announced as such on the state department's website.
sam_goody 6y ago
Yes, I know everyone hates Donald J. Trump. And I know that most people have such a distorted view of his actions that someone could probably write an accurate biography with a fake name, and he would not be recognized by the left or the right. But, please. He was the president, and he did a tremendous amount of things by all counts. He changed the world's attitude towards China and towards the Middle East. Any other president would probably have used Covid to become dictator (see other countries), he instead boosted the States' power. You may think that he made changes for the better, you may think for the worse. But he is commander in chief and he is leaving by all counts in another week. A little respect looks a lot better and is much more manly than acting like a big baby and sore winner.
- tenebrisalietum 6y ago
  Enumerate what you think is the tremendous good and bad.
  - sam_goody 6y ago
    A DDG search without filtering. Do a search and see much, much more. An honest question - do you seriously question if Trump was influential? (My own life was changed greatly by Trump's policies, but that would be anecdotal, and therefore not relevant.) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/fact-check-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/fact-check-trump.... https://www.thenationalsentinel.com/2020/10/10/heres-a-list-of-trumps-massive-accomplishments-from-a-guy-who-didnt-vote-for-him-in-2016-but-would-crawl-over-broken-glass-to-do-so-in-2020/ https://www.thenationalsentinel.com/2020/10/10/heres-a-list-... https://logiclogiclogic.wordpress.com/2020/08/31/what-a-terrible-president-the-comprehensive-list-of-trump-accomplishments/ https://logiclogiclogic.wordpress.com/2020/08/31/what-a-terr...
  - db48x 6y ago
    Five peace treaties between Israel and formerly-hostile nations seems like an accomplishment to me.
- jlgaddis 6y ago
  I know, right!? John Wayne Gacy [0] has a bad reputation and isn't well-liked either, just because he "assaulted and murdered at least 33 young men and boys." No one ever talks about all the good things that he did, like bringing happiness and joy to so many by performing as a clown -- usually at no charge! -- "at numerous local parties, political functions, charitable events, and children's hospitals." Instead, they always just focus on that one bad thing he did (at least 33 times). </sarcasm> -- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
dgrin91 6y ago
This now returns a 404
tmaly 6y ago
It's a coded message 1 1 1 /s

67 points by jaboutboul 6y ago

According to the state departments website, Trump's term ended ?

If the page gets fixed, it's archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210111200247/https://www.state.gov/biographies/donald-j-trump/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210111200247/https://www.state... Interesting to note that the time seems to be jumping around. Some staffer with backend templating access behind it?

jaboutboul 6y ago
or maybe they are taking bets on when it happens?
- aaomidi 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/tarah/status/1348727605617258496 https://twitter.com/tarah/status/1348727605617258496

uberman 6y ago

Someone testing something in production looks like. If this was a real thing it would be in the news not as an odd footer.

anonymouse008 6y ago
Testing a breach perhaps? Or proving their breach?
- jaboutboul 6y ago
  i said in another comment but maybe they are taking bets on when it happens?

throwaway4good 6y ago

Bizarre. There are no other words for it.

WalterSear 6y ago
Naw, just shenanigans.

deleted 6y ago

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shadowfacts 6y ago

Apparently state.gov runs on WordPress (if you View Source, there are a number of comments which reference WP plugins). My guess is something was badly configured and someone broke in and vandalized the page.

space_ghost 6y ago
Yeah, it's a cheap and childish hack.

keithflower 6y ago

I'm betting on some kind of glitch on the State Department website, but it's an interesting historical note that when Richard Nixon formally resigned in August 1974, he did so via a brief letter to then Secretary of State Kissinger.

throwaway4good 6y ago

I am getting: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:48:41.

aarchi 6y ago
I see: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.
anonymouse008 6y ago
I'm getting: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.
- Buttons840 6y ago
  I'm getting: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:07. Update: After getting the above I now get: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.
  - nomy99 6y ago
    Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00.
    - abetusk 6y ago
      Are we living in a Phillip K Dick novel? I'm seeing: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:39:22.
      - jlgaddis 6y ago
        > Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:07. The even more shocking news is that half of HN had apparently never seen or never heard of a "dynamic web page" before!
        Buttons840 6y ago

throwaway4good 6y ago

Is this supposed to replace his Twitter feed?

maxharris 6y ago

This was a mistake https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/01/u-s-state-department-mistakenly-reports-trumps-term-ended/ https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/01/u-s-state-department-m...

nate 6y ago
But is this just news that's reporting what someone read/found here? :)
anonymouse008 6y ago
Additional source: "UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies" https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348725601335717889 https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/134872560133...
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]

clarkmoody 6y ago

This is not a great look for a .gov website right now.

Tanath 6y ago
Neither was omitting Putin's admission that he wanted Trump to win from the Whitehouse transcripts.
- Tanath 6y ago
  I can't edit my comment, so here's a citation in reply: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/trump-putin-press-conference-transcript/565385/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/tr...

deleted 6y ago

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edavis 6y ago

> UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies. More TK. https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348725601335717889 https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348725601335717889

Natfan 6y ago

Site's down for me due to "technical difficulties", but fails to give me a "Reference ID" so that I can contact support. Interesting...

eganist 6y ago
still works for me, odd.

wl 6y ago

Even if section 4 of the 25th amendment were validly invoked, it would not end the president's term. Such a procedure only temporarily removes the powers of the presidency to the VP. Ending the term would require impeachment.

WalterSear 6y ago
There's an obscure clause of the 25th amendment that declares the presidency null and void if it should be announced as such on the state department's website.

sam_goody 6y ago

Yes, I know everyone hates Donald J. Trump. And I know that most people have such a distorted view of his actions that someone could probably write an accurate biography with a fake name, and he would not be recognized by the left or the right. But, please. He was the president, and he did a tremendous amount of things by all counts. He changed the world's attitude towards China and towards the Middle East. Any other president would probably have used Covid to become dictator (see other countries), he instead boosted the States' power. You may think that he made changes for the better, you may think for the worse. But he is commander in chief and he is leaving by all counts in another week. A little respect looks a lot better and is much more manly than acting like a big baby and sore winner.

tenebrisalietum 6y ago
Enumerate what you think is the tremendous good and bad.
- sam_goody 6y ago
  A DDG search without filtering. Do a search and see much, much more. An honest question - do you seriously question if Trump was influential? (My own life was changed greatly by Trump's policies, but that would be anecdotal, and therefore not relevant.) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/fact-check-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/fact-check-trump.... https://www.thenationalsentinel.com/2020/10/10/heres-a-list-of-trumps-massive-accomplishments-from-a-guy-who-didnt-vote-for-him-in-2016-but-would-crawl-over-broken-glass-to-do-so-in-2020/ https://www.thenationalsentinel.com/2020/10/10/heres-a-list-... https://logiclogiclogic.wordpress.com/2020/08/31/what-a-terrible-president-the-comprehensive-list-of-trump-accomplishments/ https://logiclogiclogic.wordpress.com/2020/08/31/what-a-terr...
- db48x 6y ago
  Five peace treaties between Israel and formerly-hostile nations seems like an accomplishment to me.
jlgaddis 6y ago
I know, right!? John Wayne Gacy [0] has a bad reputation and isn't well-liked either, just because he "assaulted and murdered at least 33 young men and boys." No one ever talks about all the good things that he did, like bringing happiness and joy to so many by performing as a clown -- usually at no charge! -- "at numerous local parties, political functions, charitable events, and children's hospitals." Instead, they always just focus on that one bad thing he did (at least 33 times). </sarcasm> -- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

dgrin91 6y ago

This now returns a 404

tmaly 6y ago

It's a coded message 1 1 1 /s