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		paxys on Jan 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump The responsibility of archiving presidential records should really not fall on a private company. If I had to put money on whether Twitter will be around a couple of decades from now, it'll be an easy "no".

semi-extrinsic on Jan 9, 2021 | [–]

I believe the Library of Congress archives all historically relevant tweets. Up until 2017-ish they archived every single one.

DennisP on Jan 9, 2021 | [–]

I'd be very surprised if all Trump's tweets weren't scraped and saved in official archives.

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