# Twitter finally locks Trump out **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866 "2021-01-07T00:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/61 "2021-01-09T03:17:39Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Wasn’t it illegal for him to delete his tweets, because technically it’s considered destruction of presidential documents? - There was no one to stop him. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/62 "2021-01-09T03:21:32Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Facebook advertising algorithms are so individualized that I think you may have called that down upon yourself. I’ve never seen a single gaming ad. I’m not on Facebook for games although I’ve had gamers on my friends list pleading for help with microtransactions years ago. I’ve blocked things like that but ads still get through. It’s not just games, either. With so many companies pulling their legitimate ads off Facebook, fake ads are more prevalent. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/63 "2021-01-09T03:23:52Z")
I believe the public records rule applies to in-official-capacity documents – so, an official announcement out of @ potus would need to stay on record, but I’m not sure if not so a campaign pitch or paranoid rant on @ realDonaldTrump. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/64 "2021-01-09T03:26:58Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I believe the public records rule applies to in-official-capacity documents – so, an official announcement out of @ potus would need to stay on record, but I’m not sure if not so a campaign pitch or paranoid rant on @ realDonaldTrump. - Except he would often give orders, announce appointments, fire people and do other official business on his personal account. Those were supposed to be preserved. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/65 "2021-01-09T03:28:19Z")
Remember when it was scandalous and disqualifying to use private systems for communications that involved official matters…? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/66 "2021-01-09T03:29:49Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Wasn’t it illegal for him to delete his tweets, because technically it’s considered destruction of presidential documents? They aren’t truly deleted; there still in a server somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/67 "2021-01-09T03:37:44Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > [https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/index.html) > > > Twitter’s decision followed two tweets by Trump Friday afternoon that would end up being his last. The tweets violated the company’s policy against glorification of violence, Twitter said, and “these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks.” > > The first tweet was about Trump’s supporters. > > > “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” > > > The second indicated Trump did not plan to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration. > > > “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” > > > Twitter said the tweet concerning inauguration could be viewed as a further statement that the election was not legitimate. It also said that the tweet could be interpreted as Trump saying that the inauguration would be a “safe” target for violence because he would not be attending. > > The second one seems like kind of a stretch, not that I’m complaining. I don’t think it’s a stretch at all. The man is still proud of his army of insurgents. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/68 "2021-01-09T04:16:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > CNN: Trump just tried to tweet from the @potus account and the tweet was immediately deleted. > HA!!! Actually, he’s posted several times with that account this evening. They’ve all been deleted, but this CNBC article has an image: > **[Trump tweets from POTUS handle account, says looking 'at the possibilities of...](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/trump-tweets-from-potus-handle-account-says-looking-at-the-possibilities-of-building-out-our-own-platform.html)** > > President Donald Trump continued tweeting Friday evening using the government-owned @POTUS account, despite having his @realDonaldTrump account permanently suspended by Twitter earlier in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/69 "2021-01-09T04:26:16Z")
[So apparently Trump has gone apoplectic since being banned from Twitter.](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/trump-reacts-to-twitter-ban-456785) > The president is “ballistic,” a senior administration official said after Twitter permanently took down his account, citing the possibility that it would be used in the final 12 days of Trump’s presidency to incite violence. The official said Trump was “scrambling to figure out what his options are.” This insane man, who built his entire political career from his thumb on the Twitter screen, no longer has his security blanket for the final 12 days of his presidency. If he’s not able to make headlines, he is lost. And the easiest way for him to make headlines (via Tweet) was just taken away from him. I said this in the January 6 thread, I said it again in the clusterfuck thread, but it bears repeating here: _This shit’s gonna get bananas._ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/70 "2021-01-09T04:43:13Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > So apparently Trump has gone apoplectic since being banned from Twitter. My favourite part from that item: > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump has many prized possessions. But few seemed to inspire as much personal joy as his Twitter feed. Trump routinely boasted of the social media bullhorn he possessed. He credited it with launching his political trajectory. And he used it as a tool to lacerate his foes. > > On Friday night, he lost it. And, then, he lost his mind. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/71 "2021-01-09T04:45:12Z")
They should have shadow-banned him. That is, let him think they hadn’t done anything to his account, while not letting anyone other than himself see any of his tweets. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/72 "2021-01-09T04:51:56Z")
And, _ **then** _, he lost his mind. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/73 "2021-01-09T04:52:38Z")
I joked before on this board about Trump not knowing how to communicate without Twitter, I didn’t realize it was the literal truth. 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/74 "2021-01-09T05:44:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Yeah! Maybe he can get them shut down, too. Maybe? Everything Donnie Two-scoops touches is ruined. Go, Donnie, go! ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/75 "2021-01-09T05:52:41Z")
Seen on the internet: they took away his precious. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/76 "2021-01-09T05:53:18Z")
According to an article on [oann.com](http://oann.com), they banned Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell, too ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/77 "2021-01-09T06:07:21Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > This insane man, who built his entire political career from his thumb on the Twitter screen, no longer has his security blanket for the final 12 days of his presidency. If he’s not able to make headlines, he is lost. And the easiest way for him to make headlines (via Tweet) was just taken away from him. He has other ways of making headlines. How about “Trump Hangs Himself from White House Balcony”? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/78 "2021-01-09T06:51:40Z")
More like pours fluid from gas can all over himself and states he’ll light a match if the election isn’t overturned. Of course the fluid turns out to be water. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/79 "2021-01-09T07:00:39Z")
If the Russians have hacked the White House security system, they could make a fortune now by selling subscriptions to a live feed of security cams streaming what he’s doing. I’ve avoiding watching the shitgibbon for years, but now I’ll _pay_ to see what’s going on as he falls apart, provided there’s no sound. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/80 "2021-01-09T07:55:52Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > More like pours fluid from gas can all over himself and states he’ll light a match if the election isn’t overturned. Of course the fluid turns out to be water. Wasn’t he more into piss? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866.md?page=5)