If the Framers rewrote the U.S. Constitution (don't worry, they aren't planning to) do you think they might trade in the mandatory State-of-the-Union Address for mandatory Tweeting?
Counterfactual time. Imagine the Trump candidacy or presidency without Twitter. How do things change?
The kinds of things that Donald Trump regularly tweets out would doom almost any other politician. Explain how he gets away with his Tweets:
Marshall McLuhan, the late-great media thinker wrote that, "the medium is the message." What do you think he meant by that and how does that relate to the Twitter account of @realDonaldTrump?
Who do you think is @thefakedonaldtrump ?
Facebook and Twitter have banned users for racist and inflammatory comments. Do you believe Twitter should ban @realDonaldTrump?
Barack Obama has even more Twitter followers than Trump. If those two men ran against each other for president (they can't - 22nd Amendment!) who do you think would win?
If Abraham Lincoln had a Twitter account what would his handle be?
Rewrite the U.S. Constitution as a Tweet:
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Check out the list of the people with the most Twitter followers and also Article II of the U.S. Constitution below.