it wouldnt matter in my opinion

He hasn't done that.

but he can

@Grenade123 sure, what is the problem with that?

well, could

Then it becomes the official form of communication, which makes it a problem

FOIA would wreck him if he tried.

I don't believe the president is REQUIRED to give press releases, anyway.

It is not the official form of communication

he is still appearing on TV and all that

perhaps. or maybe they would jsut declare his private twitter the new offical potus account and we are back to here

official in what sense @Grenade123

in the sense that twitter itself recognises it as verified?

idk, what makes @potus official?

nothing as far as I know

That's what you're trying to argue.

apart from Twitters word

@RyeNorth actually, you are the one that drew a distinction between @potus and trumps account. i did not.

they are both voices of the president

well @POTUS does belong to the govt

it is passed from one president to another

so I guess it is official in some sense

or, well, one is the voice of the president, the other is of his poor PR team

someone said my name?

Have you considered that the tone Trump takes in his twitter, it's more of a direct line to the people who voted for him?

His Twitter is for the sake of his supporters, at the expense of his detractors.

If it's a public forum, it's going to be a shitshow

I'm willing to bet it gets beat down tho

if it doesn't it's gonna be really fucking weird

I'm willing to bet Twitter will BEG for it to get beat down.

yes

why? twitter is not affected by the statement

Because if not, everyone in the US will need to purge all public figure's bans

They inherently are.

they could still ban trumps account if it violated ToS

er

I worded that for SHIT

what are the official ways the President talks to the public?

Every public figure in the US will need to immediately unban everyone from the US that they blocked

If they're the stewards of an open public forum, they are required to observe the first amendment as well.

@OliveBlanc every public figure? or every government official?