Finally, a Way to Stomach Trump’s Tweets

New Bot Turns Them Into Official White House Statements

Trish Ponder

A POTUS tweet turned statement dated June 6, 2017 — A POTUS tweet turned official statement dated June 6, 2017 — seven months after the 2016 election

I quit following @POTUS on Twitter when the account became Trump’s, and quit @realDonaldTrump at the same time. I didn’t want to see tweets from 45, or award him one more follower.

But a new bot, which turns Trump’s tweets into the official White House press statements that they actually are, is making me reconsider allowing messages from the current office holder.

And still no one has been offered for FBI director. — And still no one has been nominated for FBI director.

Trump doesn’t seem to get that his tweets signal our allies and enemies, send markets soaring or falling, and — much as I hate to admit — matter.

Trump's tweet, aka official White House statement, implies that the mayor of London, born into a Sunni Muslim Pakistani family in South London, doesn't take terrorism seriously. — Trump’s tweet, aka official White House statement, implies that the mayor of London, who was born into a Sunni Muslim Pakistani family in South London, doesn’t take terrorism seriously.

Maybe if Trump himself followed @RealPressSecBot, he’d understand that he is president now and he can’t keep indulging every thought that floats through his head. To continue to do so risks our country’s standing in the world. Not to mention, it’s just plain embarrassing.

But as @JakeTapper tweeted: Fact Check: MSM eat up his tweets like Skittles. It's WH advisers, lawyers and Trump supporters who want him to stop tweeting. — Actually, as @JakeTapper tweeted: “Fact Check: MSM eat up his tweets like Skittles. It’s WH advisers, lawyers and Trump supporters who want him to stop tweeting.”

June 6, 2017 |

Finally, a Way to Stomach Trump’s Tweets

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Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) held a town hall meeting yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “It wasn’t raucous, stormy or packed, as many congressional town halls have been in recent years. It was kind of the opposite, actually. One person showed up. And he was pretty polite.”

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “told lawmakers that the Senate will recess for one week instead of four to work on nominations and legislation,” the Washington Post reports.

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“The 16-candidate free-for-all to replace Congress’ wealthiest member, retiring Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), has become the most expensive House of Representatives race in the nation, with a combined $14.9 million spent by candidates and outside groups,” the Orange County Register reports.

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“He is about as swampy as you get here in Washington, D.C., and if the president wants to drain the swamp, he needs to take a look at his own cabinet.”

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“You should ask our colleagues in the United States. In my opinion, this is the result of the ongoing acute political struggle in the United States. Indeed, Donald Trump and I have, firstly, met more than once at various international venues and secondly, we regularly talk over the phone.”

— Russian President Vladimir Putin, quoted by Axios, on why there hasn’t been a U.S.-Russian summit meeting yet.

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“Tell everybody, you can’t win this one. This one lifts me.”

— Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that President Trump told him that criticism of NFL players who protest during the national anthem is “a very winning, strong issue for me,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

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— Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), quoted by the Washington Post, on President Trump’s decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs.

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“There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump party. The Republican party is taking a nap somewhere.”

— Former Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by WDIV-TV.

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