RVInit wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:54 am
I would argue that the White House and POTUS have an actual official account to use for official business. Trump used his personal Twitter account, which seems to suggest that he wasn't intended any of those tweets to be taken as official presidential spewings.
I seem to remember Sean Spicer arguing otherwise.
Yep, quick search confirms
https://time.com/4808270/sean-spicer-do ... tatements/
June 6, 2017 5:56 PM EDT President Donald Trump considers his tweets to be official White House statements, according to Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
When asked at a press briefing whether Trump’s tweets qualify as official statements on behalf of the White House, Spicer said that he “is the President of the United States, so they’re considered official statements by the President of the United States.”
The reporter then inquired if Trump is concerned that his tweets could be used against him in matters like the proposed travel ban. On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said on Twitter that it might include Trump’s tweets about the ban in their Supreme Court argument. The ACLU was referencing a series of tweets from the president on Saturday in which he reiterated his definition of the executive order as a “ban,” rather than the “vetting system” label Spicer gave it earlier this year.
“I think we’ve made it clear with respect that the court should follow the law,” Spicer replied. “And I think the danger is real, the law is clear, and there’s no question that we should prevail at the Supreme Court.”
The reason he didn't use the official POTUS account is that he knew his twits would look idiotic next to the Writings of other Presidents and he couldn't handle the implied comparison. That's actually fairly typical malignant narcissist behaviour.
Later when a court told him to start using the official WH POTUS account if he wanted to have them considered official posts, Turnip only posted 2 or 3 times on it and never used it again.