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Look at the tweets in the last days from Trump regarding Omarosa...

Personally, I'm disgusted that twitter is the official medium of the POTUS.

It seems like Twitter is a good thing. It’s great that politicians and leaders and communicate directly with the public. In the old days, it got filtered through anointed gatekeepers that have the ability to filter and interpret based on their “angle.”

I actually debate with friends about this.

Yes, it is good to have more transparent insights into what the POTUS is doing. I just think that Twitter being an official policy platform for the country is concerning. Further, I think the impulsive and childish nature of the current POTUS should be severe cause for alarm.

I think it actually speak volumes about those who surround the POTUS and what a poor job they do as "handlers" -- shouldn't we have far more professionalism at that level?

But to your point, it was previous that this made it easier to spin the angle that the public sees...

It just makes me lose faith that anyone at the supposedly most elite positions really know what they are doing - they all seem so incompetent and looks like idiots, and it makes me want to acquiesce to their authority even less. Basically, it undermines and de-legitimatizes the power structure.

He should run an activitypub compatible Twitter clone (Mastodon/pleroma) at social.whitehouse.gov or something.

Are you sure it's the medium you're disgusted with?