Enough of this madness.
Yes, it's a violation of the dignity of the office of the Presidency. No, I understand it's modern times. All public figures, including the White House, are engaged in social media in one way or another,
But this is not announcing upcoming events, previewing or promoting new policy initiatives, thanking those whose service is appreciated, consoling us through national tragedy, and other proper and proper ways to use social media.
This is nasty.
This is vicious.
This is horrible stuff you wouldn't even tolerate from an immature teenager or a bratty child.
He attacks people, even his own supporters and staff, if they dare to speak out, or thwart his will even in this most minor way. Even private citizens who are not in government, are attacked, sometimes over the most trivial and idiotic things.
Our racist President retweets vile rumors, conspiracies and utter crap from white nationalists and other nutjobs.
He fumes outrage, much of it barely literate, filled with spelling errors, rambling sentences, incomplete and disjointed thoughts, and grammar mistakes (I have to be careful with that one - I'm sure some will point out my own atrocious grammar mistakes).
Twice recently, he has said something stupid and irresponsible that has sent the stock market sliding. Do we have to take on China economically? Yes. Do we do it the way the President is doing, plunging the entire world closer to global recession? No.
In a recent tweet, he declared that US companies should leave China and "are hereby ordered to immediately to start looking for an alternative."
YOU CAN"T DO THAT! YOU CAN"T USE TWITTER TO HEREBY DECLARE ANYTHING!!!
Good Lord! Can we all agree on one thing, if nothing else? That the next President of the United States should not try to govern by tweet?
Is that too much to ask?
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