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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:43PM (#25143555)
> It is a past tense sentence, just sayin'.

"The president of the United States has been using [...]" is present perfect continuous tense (expressing an action continuing in the present that began in the past), not past tense.

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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by shard on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:17PM (#25144583)
So it could be referring to the office of the president, not a specific president. Politicians lie, it's a commodity across the parties.
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