I’ll concede the obvious, which is that Donald John Trump has redefined the presidency of the United States.
He issues policy pronouncements via Twitter. He tweets his brains out, firing off messages conveyed normally through more, um, diplomatic channels. Part of me still wishes he would cease and desist.
However, another part of me — perhaps it’s the major part — actually wants him to keep it up. Keep using the medium to say things, to outrage us, to fire up your base, to give the rest of us reason to detest you.
A lengthy article in Politico talks about how Trump has overused Twitter. Remember when he promised (imagine that!) to cut off the tweets once he became president? That pledge had as much value as his promise to make Mexico pay for The Wall, that he wouldn’t have time to play golf and his pledge to be the “unity president.”
Read the Politico article here.
Trump has been unleashed on Twitter.
It’s given bloggers such as yours truly plenty of grist on which to comment. Keep it coming, Mr. President.
I’ll just add one caveat: Do not tweet out the nuclear codes or otherwise endanger national security any worse than you already have done through your careless remarks to Russians and other adversaries who visit you in the Oval Office.
The new year promises to be chock full of news, as if the year that just passed wasn’t full enough as it was.
With the “Stable Genius” at the helm, there’s never a dull moment.