How is Idiot planning to "reign in" social media with an EO?

[MoonRiver]

[Siwsan]

1. He is delusional.

My mother had a lot of really strange ideas when she developed dementia.

[MoonRiver]

2. But she probably didn't have an army of sycophants supporting those delusions.

[Siwsan]

3. So true. And that was difficult enough to deal with, for me and my brother.

If anyone went against her current notion, she had a tendency to call the police. Fortunately, my father had been very well known, in the community, so his widow was handled with kid gloves until we could get a handle on how to deal with her deteriorating condition.

I still say we aren't far away from trump* wandering the Rose Garden, dressed only in his Depends and slippers.

[MoonRiver]

5. I've thought Chump had dementia from the get go. Hope that RG special moment comes soon!

[moondust]

4. Delusional.

He appears to be so screwed up in his dictatorial power fantasy as to believe that whatever he posts on Twitter is the absolute truth/reality and it is not open to interpretation or challenge. In other words, if he posts that the Earth is flat then it most certainly is flat. Period. End of discussion.

I've heard he's going to try to do something with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

[MoonRiver]

6. I read it and can't imagine how that could help him.

[C_U_L8R]

7. He might singlehandedly destroy right wing media.

D'oh.

[Chainfire]

8. The man has been in power for 3.5 years

and he still hasn't figured out that his powers are not absolute. He does not understand the law of the land and he is just incredibly stupid.

[Andy823]

9. It's just another

"change" the discussion tactic. He is trying to get something else in the news instead of the fact over 100,000 Americans have died on his watch, and he really is "responsible" for his inactions.

[ScratchCat]

10. This is just more of the same

Pretend victimhood the right wing has pivoted to once they realized that most of their policies are no longer supported by a plurality of Americans. If you ever have the misfortune to listed to right wing radio, this is the undertone to virtually every show("we're victims&quot . Its the same reason why they can't ever emphasize a news story where a "non-republican" is the victim, especially at the hands of someone that republicans typically identify with. Next up - Trump is the victim in these police death cases.

[kysrsoze]

11. If they know what's good for them, Twitter will immediately ban him. We'll see if they bown down

and kiss his ass or grow a spine.

[Marcuse]

12. Maybe he will order all federal agencies to delete their accounts.

[Aristus]

13. It's his Presidential idea of "Oh YEAH? Well I'm gonna SUE you!"

Pathetic, ineffectual, empty blowhard nonsense, just like the rest of his administration.

[fleur-de-lisa]

14. By ignoring the Constitution and trying for an end run around the FCC and FTC.

He has talked about this before and both the FCC and FTC were able to talk him out of it.

He's getting desperate now that he's behind in most polls. I wouldn't put anything past Dumpus and Barr at this point.

[cbdo2007]

15. He's opening them up to lawsuits for questioning his posts but not others...

He wants to be able to sue them so that he is the victim.

All Twitter needs to do is rewrite their Terms of Service and find a way to kick him off. It will turn into a big nothing burger and while they do make tons of money on Trump, it would be a helluva power move by the Twitter guy to kick Trump off and I could see Trump caving if he lost his main megaphone before the election.

[JCMach1]

16. Not hiding the fascism. This EO is straight-up

GESTAPO tactics...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. I'm not a lawyer

but I don't really think that he actually can do much of anything TBH. Whatever he signs will almost immediately be taken to court and by the time it winds through, hopefully, he'll be gone.