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Silence? Or just force him to use the means of communication used by every other president in history?

Obviously there is some interesting power here that I'm not sure if I feel comfortable with Twitter having, but having to use press releases and TV speeches instead of hammering a first draft tweet out into the internet is what the vast majority of presidential communication has been

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The vast majority of presidential communication took place before Twitter existed.

Every notable politician that I know of has a Twitter now, and uses it to some extent.

I truly wish DJT hadn't used twitter, like ever. But he did, and it was his main outlet, and then he was silenced on it. I personally don't think that's okay (while still supporting the idea that Twitter had the right to do that).

It's patently obvious to everyone that they're playing sides, when it's convenient. Not just enforcing their TOS or something.

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