The Most Irresponsible Tweet in History
The platform encourages impulsive hostility. That’s bad enough for the masses—and potentially catastrophic for the most powerful politicians on earth.
by Conor Friedersdorf
Jan 02, 2018
3 minutes
Before 2017, a president taking to Twitter to taunt a nuclear power would’ve been unthinkable. But Tuesday, Donald Trump, whose bygone impulsiveness contributed to two failed marriages and the bankruptcies of numerous businesses, engaged in a geopolitical boasting contest with North Korea, sacrificing the benefits of considered diplomacy to satiate his impulsiveness and need for attention:
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
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