I for one would support him if he fired Muller.

MShipley wrote on 08/01/18 at 12:04:04:



 Do you have an opinion regarding the definition "order" and if the above mentioned tweet is an order to stop the investigation?

Some might say it's an order.

Some might say he's "kidding".

Some might say that he "didn't really mean it".

Some might say that he himself didn't write it.

Some might say..... well, you get my point.

The problem with our president is that his Twitter vomiting is becoming white noise.  It seems the more he posts, the more irrelevant he is becoming.

However, like anything else, that's just my opinion.

Also, in my opinion, you may have to rephrase the question.  "Should we take the president seriously when he posts on Twitter?"  But that might be a different topic.

Eegore wrote on 08/01/18 at 15:08:14:

But our president does have the ability to make it happen.  Therein lies the difference/problem.

WebsterMark wrote on 08/01/18 at 17:31:41:



So then by your theory, nothing our president tweets should be taken seriously?

It's all in fun?

"That is a poor example.  Two different people. (unless you think a pizza delivery guy has the same power as a president...)"

 I don't think a pizza guy has the same power as the President, that is why I chose a pizza guy as an example.  I was attempting to convey that if someone was to say, type, write, sing or otherwise communicate the statement from Twitter, I would not consider the sentence structure and context to be that of a directive.

 An order by my definition is a directive to be followed without choice or compromise.  The words " should stop " to me indicate that someone can do something, but also has the option of not doing the task.

 As in you should stop consuming excess calories in your diet, versus you will stop consuming excess calories in your diet.

 Personally I'm not looking forward to the day that Twitter is used for executive orders.

I have no problem determining what's an order and what's a wishful thinking comment expressed by Trump. No one does. Everyone who read that knew exactly what it was and it wasn't a Presidential directive. This is another made up 'constitutional crisis'.

Do I wish Trump would shut up sometimes? Yes, absolutely. I offer no defense, how can I? I do like it when he corrects obviously lies by the press or expresses his opinion on certain topics, but this was better left unsaid.

On the other hand, he's winning at everything he does so who am I to second guess? Everyday there's 10 stories about what he's just done is the end of him, the end of American or the end of the world. Yet, all of that is Chicken Little redux.