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Donald Trump had been the very first politician — and (literally) the last master — at using Twitter to distribute communications, not only to their regional constituents, but for a scale that is global. It is not working quite therefore well for him these times, needless to say. Scan through their tweets plus the warnings in blue, placed by Twitter, that their claims about electoral fraudulence are disputed litter the feed. maybe maybe Not him, of course that it is stopping. He tweets on irrespective. Plus it is like we have all been stepping into the politics and diplomacy by Twitter work of belated.

Many conspicuously possibly this week ended up being Zhao Lijian, featuring an Australian soldier keeping a blade to your neck of a child that is afghan. It absolutely was a confected picture, but one playing to your complete vulnerability Australia now faces about its worldwide armed forces record because of the findings for the Brereton inquiry, and exploited for all its worth by the Chinese.

Taking a stand to a bully, or a blunder?

The debate about the— that is tweet the Australian reaction to it — has run hot all week. Did the Prime Minister perform some thing that is right developing therefore fast, and so difficult, in condemning the tweet, demanding it is disassembled and an apology provided? Division appears split between people who argue that Morrison had no option but to face as much as a bully — and that their position ended up being vindicated by help off their Western nations — and the ones whom think it absolutely was a big error. Continua a leggere From Asia to Parliament home, it is like we have all been engaging in the ‘politics and diplomacy by Twitter’ work