Now we know it can be done. For 11 minutes on Thursday night, a departing staff member at Twitter performed an act of conscience as his last duty before he left his job. He shut down the president's Twitter account.
On reading this, the immediate impulse is to cheer. Even many of Trump's own staff and political allies long to do the same thing. And yet . . . consider the implications.
It is the president's main means of communication with the public -- and, in some instances, it is the way he announces his major decisions. Think of the possibilities for mischief . . . having control of the president's messages.
Think of the possibilities for espionage. Think of the possibilities for starting World War III. Don't blame the staff member. Blame the president for using an unsecured mode of communication. It must drive his security people nuts.
And meanwhile, he refuses to take seriously that Russian have hacked emails or manipulated media stories, to our detriment. And Trump has no interest in getting the truth or in preparing for the next onslaught on our 2018 mid-term elections -- in exactly one year from now.
Ralph
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