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[–] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

You say that with such effortless confidence without even having bothered to check, and not one of those 10 people who upvoted tried to check either. golf clap

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    His team can post on his behalf. It might be posted on his account by someone else.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Sure, and if you want to argue "a staffer did it", then "staying on point"/"generally cohesive" is a stretch to make the argument work. This has extremely jumpy flow, and trying to move the standard further back and say "bUt NoT fOr TrUmP" just turns this whole thing into an unfalsifiable hypothesis facilitated by an infinitely movable goalpost. I can point out why it's so jumpy (any literate person should be able to), but I'm confident it'll be met with, again, "tRuMp StAnDaRdS tHo!!".


    Edit: More importantly, though, saying confidently that "it's not from Trump" is hilariously unfounded. I'm not arguing it is or is not from Trump, but rather that saying anything definitively like that is absurd.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    This is so dumb, he can make an account for each staffer that wants to post so we can see who is posting what garbage.

    Without a clear indication of who is posting he is likely violating the law in regards to record retention.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I think they're claiming it isn't from Trump's official account, just that he didn't write it

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    I believe that, in which case "that's not from Trump" is something they're in no position to say matter-of-factly; they're just guessing (and I think poorly, at that). It's just palm-reading the post and then giving a definitive, with no caveats, "Nope, Trump didn't write this."

    I linked to the article because trying to definitively say Trump didn't write something definitionally has to be reserved for fake posts, not real ones that come from his account with no disclaimer and no later admission.

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