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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts) Fri May 5, 2017, 09:55 AM May 2017

Why did Trump delete his tweet abut the Palestinian President?

http://www.nbcnews.com/card/trump-deletes-tweet-saying-it-was-honor-host-palestinian-leader-n754936

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Why did Trump delete his tweet abut the Palestinian President? (Original Post) SummerSnow May 2017 OP

That other casino man who funds the GOP???? malaise May 2017 #1

Do the President's tweets count as presidential records that must be preserved? DefenseLawyer May 2017 #2

Twitter does have a digital archive with the Library of Congress SummerSnow May 2017 #3

malaise

(268,903 posts)

1. That other casino man who funds the GOP????

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri May 5, 2017, 09:57 AM

May 2017

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)

2. Do the President's tweets count as presidential records that must be preserved?

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri May 5, 2017, 10:29 AM

May 2017

If they do, how can they be deleted without violating the Presidential records Act? I confess to not being a twitter expert, but should I assume that even if deleted, they are still archived somewhere?

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

3. Twitter does have a digital archive with the Library of Congress

Reply to DefenseLawyer (Reply #2)

Fri May 5, 2017, 10:38 AM

May 2017

i can see Trumps tweets apart of many college sociology and psychology majors in the future

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