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4. Trump will walk out of the White House with a LOT of stuff that doesn't belong to him

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 02:36 PM

Dec 2020

I don't know if it's formally enshrined in law or regulation, but everything a person receives as President of the United States belongs to the United States, not the person. Trump has treated the federal government as his personal possession for four years when he hasn't been gouging it for forcing the Secret Service to stay at his rat-infested properties (for example). Those twitter accounts don't belong to him any more than the Resolute Desk does.

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Joe Biden must start presidential Twitter profiles at zero as Trump refuses to turn over accounts [View all] catbyte Dec 2020 OP

Good! ananda Dec 2020 #1

The whole twitter thing's foolish, imo, elleng Dec 2020 #2

Fuck this asshole. He just wants to retain all those followers so he can run scams on them. octoberlib Dec 2020 #3

Trump will walk out of the White House with a LOT of stuff that doesn't belong to him gratuitous Dec 2020 #4

Isn't that up to Twitter? Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #5

I don't care. HOPE the days of all the damn Presidential tweets are GONE! Let's go back to daily napi21 Dec 2020 #6

How about no Presidential Twitter??? marble falls Dec 2020 #7

Trump is embarrassed because if Biden inherits that account he'll find out Mike 03 Dec 2020 #8

He really only tweets on his personal account though AnyFunctioningAdult Dec 2020 #9

He doesn't want those trolls and bots WhiteTara Dec 2020 #10

Hopefully twitter will ban the malignant narcissist after he is no longer POTUS and tries tweeting CentralMass Dec 2020 #11

Twitter can fend for itself. lindysalsagal Dec 2020 #12

Whatevs. GoCubsGo Dec 2020 #13

It's a terrible shame that the asshole didn't die from COVID. dalton99a Dec 2020 #14

It's not like this helps trump themaguffin Dec 2020 #15

Good. He doesn't need all those trolls that follow Trump. MineralMan Dec 2020 #16