1. Today's tantrum is just the latest example of why @realDonaldTrump & @POTUS must be removed from @Twitter. Here's my full argument...
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
2. Only one person on @Twitter is President of the United States. That comes with a supreme and unique responsibility unlike any other user.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
3. What the President tweets has real and significant impact on the business of governance, world affairs and national security.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
4. President Trump has consistently made misleading claims, attacked the judiciary and threatened sovereign states, the press & public.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
5. His tweets recklessly bypass diplomatic channels without consultation from the State Department, IC or the Pentagon.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
6. Even as a private citizen it is arguable that he has violated Twitter rules regarding violent threats, harassment and hateful conduct.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
7. Certainly in the unique position of @POTUS the repercussions and intimations his tweets cross these lines.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
8. Today's outburst is broadcasting to foreign leaders his continuing impulsiveness, recklessness, delusion & ignorance about gov't.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
9. That makes @RealDonaldTrump's tweets a national security threat. It emboldens our enemies to take advantage of his flagrant shortcomings.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
10. For those who would argue that the removal of his account is a violation of free speech, consider this...
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
11. The WH has retaliated against the press by selectively locking them out, called them "the enemy of the people" & ignored hard questions.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
12. But with his behavior on this service, Trump makes the argument for himself being a liability to the people.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
13. The President is free to say whatever he wants, and has many of ways of doing so, but no private company owes him an outlet.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
14. While you cannot prevent the President from saying reckless things elsewhere, @Twitter is not obligated to facilitate that here.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
15. In fact, with your worldwide reach & impact on the media, you have a duty to steer clear of accounts facilitating nat'l security threats
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
16. @Twitter is amazing. It connects the world. That comes with its own responsibility: to do your part in protecting that world.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 4, 2017
/Thread