Twitter goes wild after State Department website says Trump’s term is over
The House of Representatives is currently moving forward with a second impeachment of Donald Trump after his supporters, urged on by his lies about the election, stormed the Capitol last week in an act of open insurrection against the legitimately elected government of the United States.
There have been also calls for Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to remove the president through the 25th Amendment before he can inflict any more damage on our democracy but so far these Republicans have demonstrated the same cowardice and refusal to act that has defined them for the past four years.
While it’s still unclear how impeachment will fare once it hits the Senate (which will be under Republican control until January 20th) there now appears to be a nonzero chance that Donald Trump could be the first president in American history removed from office. If so, he would be barred from holding federal office in the future, dashing his plans to possibly run again in 2024. Were he a different man, it would be worth speculating that resignation could be on the table but by now it’s become clear that Trump simply doesn’t have the pathological ability to admit that kind of fault.
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With all of this uncertainty swirling around, a change to the State Department website today immediately caught the attention of some careful observers. Buzzfeed News’s Christopher Miller shared a screenshot of the official government website which had been changed to state that President Trump’s term ended today.
Hey, @StateDept, what do you know that the rest of us don't?
"Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00." pic.twitter.com/Ntl1BSqsb9
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) January 11, 2021
Twitter users seized upon the news, unleashing a wave of speculation and jokes.
Today is the day the State Department website became president
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 11, 2021
Half the planet just went to the State Department website then checked their watch.
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) January 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1348727119589814272?s=20
Even if it’s a hack, love the vision boarding going on at the state department right now.
— Storm’s Twist Out (@Danez_Smif) January 11, 2021
BREAKING: Jason Derulo has fallen down the stairs of the state department’s website pic.twitter.com/fZlIRJ4lu3
— lex (@PARTYLEXDOOR) January 11, 2021
The State Department staffer who changed Trumps presidential end date pic.twitter.com/QD6TcWSLsw
— Designated Dan (@Designated_Dan) January 11, 2021
The actual website for the State Department says that Trump resigned at 7:39 tonight. This could be three things:
1. He's going to resign and this was posted early
2. It's a hack (this seems most likely)
3. Nolan is doing some insane viral marketing for Tenet— nonbinary sunset (@ldrinkh20) January 11, 2021
BREAKING: The State Department has identified the federal employee responsible for the hack pic.twitter.com/jciGtDnvsr
— KnowNOthing (@KnowNothingTV) January 11, 2021
It's very telling that Donald Trump has not tweeted to clarify the State Department website announcement
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) January 11, 2021
me to state department website pic.twitter.com/RJBJkoRaeA
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) January 11, 2021
If the State Department website says you resigned, then you're no longer president, I do not make the rules.
— Tom Tomorrow needs a new bit for the profile (@tomtomorrow) January 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1348725800598646786?s=20
Some personal news: I'm excited to announce that today is my first day at my new job where I'm in charge of maintaining the biography pages on the State Department website!
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) January 11, 2021
Whoa did you guys see the State department website pic.twitter.com/y2ql2Rn7wY
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) January 11, 2021
Miller followed the tweet up a bit later to report that sources have revealed that a “disgruntled staffer” at the State Department was behind the unauthorized alteration to the website. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly ordered the department to open an investigation into the incident.
In the meantime, those of us eagerly awaiting the day Trump leaves office will just have to wait a little longer.
UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies. More TK. https://t.co/5Gbb3cEhRK
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) January 11, 2021
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