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This column is published every two weeks. Two weeks are precisely fourteen days. That amount of time, in the meanwhile, seems to be enough for the president of the most formidable country in the world to embroil himself in scandals simply via Twitter. It’s difficult to imagine a healthy democracy with a leader who governs only in his immediate self-interest. Well, here we are.
The Attorney General of the United States was chosen to placate the most conservative and nationalistic bases of their party. He was one of the first public figures to openly support Trump from the launch of his electoral campaign. He’s loyal, therefore, from the very start. He was obligated to recuse himself from an investigation into collusion with Russian due to his participation in the campaign. Thereafter, a special committee was set up to investigate the case—something that Trump dislikes profoundly. In the last week, in a peak of rage, Trump took to Twitter to blast the supposed weakness of the attorney general for having recused himself.
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Let’s be sure to take screenshots of all the incriminatory tweets
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It would already be absurd if this weren’t about the president and highest positions of government in the country. However, it is the president’s established pattern for making all types of political declarations. Whether they are statements of intent, praise or scorn to other political figures, it doesn’t matter. He even reveals classified information on Twitter, just by happenstance. We live in an age of governing via Twitter. Not even the departments of the government know how to deal with this, as evidenced by the case of the apparent ban on trans people serving in the military.
Short decrees without so much as the minimum of detail don’t make for an effective government. The problem is that we’ve become reduced to that. With few positions in the government occupied and a President suspect of any indication of disloyalty, very little can be done. If even his most loyal allies can’t be sure of their jobs, the president runs the risk of getting stuck in a quagmire without an exit. Let’s be sure to take screenshots of all the incriminatory tweets.