In their own words: what should happen to President Trump’s Twitter?

President Trump often communicates with Americans through his Twitter account. Some have questioned if the president’s radical use of the medium is grounds for monitoring or confiscation of his account.  Others argue that outside handling of the president’s Twitter account would be censorship. We asked students on campus the following question: “Do you think President Trump should have his Twitter monitored or even confiscated?”

Here’s what they had to say:

“Oh, definitely. He’s made a lot of problems because of the Twitter, and it’s just kind of ridiculous because he says stuff on there that gets him in trouble, and then he’s like, ‘But I didn’t really mean it.’  He’s making a fool of himself.”

“See, I’m iffy.I would probably say confiscated. Because he’s going to cause a lot of wars with that. He’s really disrespectful on Twitter and puts everybody’s business out there, even his own — certain things he shouldn’t be saying.”

“I just think that someone needs to monitor his Twitter, because I think sometimes he just tweets obscure things, or tweets too much about things that don’t involve what he does as a president.”

“I don’t know. I mean, I guess I’m not the biggest fan. But he is the president, so he kind of can do what he wants. With that said, though, maybe there should be some type of limits to what he can say, or some type of monitor on the things that he does put out there.”

“No. Do I approve of what he’s saying? No. Do I think it’s appropriate? No.  I approve in no way of the things that he says, but I don’t think censorship is the appropriate way to deal with things.”