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> A mouthpiece yes, but an official way to "make policy" no

Sorry but you are wrong. Trump's administration has stated that his tweets are official statements. Meaning, he can't block people who reply to his tweets.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-tweets-officia...



Huh, I stand corrected. Good find.


See also @RealPressSecBot, which hammers home the point:

https://twitter.com/RealPressSecBot

For those who don't want to click, it collects Trump's tweets in real-ish time, and reframes them into images of official-looking messages. The latest one as of the time I post this comment begins:

    THE WHITE HOUSE
    Office of the Press Secretary
    
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    May 23, 2018
    
    Statement by the President
And then puts the text of Trump's tweet immediately below.





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