Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00(state.gov)

67 pointsby jaboutboulvor 6 Jahren42 comments

Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00

https://www.state.gov/biographies/donald-j-trump/

47 comments

This was a mistake https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/01/u-s-state-department-m...

Additional source: "UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies"

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/134872560133...

[deleted]vor 6 Jahren

natevor 6 Jahren

But is this just news that's reporting what someone read/found here? :)

clarkmoodyvor 6 Jahren

This is not a great look for a .gov website right now.

Tanathvor 6 Jahren

Neither was omitting Putin's admission that he wanted Trump to win from the Whitehouse transcripts.

Tanathvor 6 Jahren

I can't edit my comment, so here's a citation in reply: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/tr...

Natfanvor 6 Jahren

Site's down for me due to "technical difficulties", but fails to give me a "Reference ID" so that I can contact support. Interesting...

eganistvor 6 Jahren

still works for me, odd.

keithflowervor 6 Jahren

I'm betting on some kind of glitch on the State Department website, but it's an interesting historical note that when Richard Nixon formally resigned in August 1974, he did so via a brief letter to then Secretary of State Kissinger.

shadowfactsvor 6 Jahren

Apparently state.gov runs on WordPress (if you View Source, there are a number of comments which reference WP plugins). My guess is something was badly configured and someone broke in and vandalized the page.

space_ghostvor 6 Jahren

Yeah, it's a cheap and childish hack.

[deleted]vor 6 Jahren

edavisvor 6 Jahren

> UPDATE: Sources tell @BuzzFeedNews a "disgruntled staffer" is behind the State Department site's change of Trump and Pence's biographies. More TK.

https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348725601335717889

[deleted]vor 6 Jahren

wlvor 6 Jahren

Even if section 4 of the 25th amendment were validly invoked, it would not end the president's term. Such a procedure only temporarily removes the powers of the presidency to the VP. Ending the term would require impeachment.

WalterSearvor 6 Jahren

There's an obscure clause of the 25th amendment that declares the presidency null and void if it should be announced as such on the state department's website.

throwaway4goodvor 6 Jahren

Is this supposed to replace his Twitter feed?

tmalyvor 6 Jahren

It's a coded message 1 1 1 /s

throwaway4goodvor 6 Jahren

Bizarre. There are no other words for it.

WalterSearvor 6 Jahren

Naw, just shenanigans.

dgrin91vor 6 Jahren

This now returns a 404

throwaway4goodvor 6 Jahren

I am getting:

Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:48:41.

phendrenad2vor 6 Jahren

Seeing a lot of the same numbers. Coded message perhaps?

(Just kidding. I've played too many ARGs I think...)

Buttons840vor 6 Jahren

I was reminded of A Game Designers Analysis of QAnon [0]. It really is fun to be part of a group finding clues likes this. I was getting some definite ARG vibes.

[0]: https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analy...

tigerlilyvor 6 Jahren

I got 19:40:41

[deleted]vor 6 Jahren

aarchivor 6 Jahren

I see: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.

anonymouse008vor 6 Jahren

I'm getting:

Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.

Buttons840vor 6 Jahren

I'm getting: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:07.

Update: After getting the above I now get: Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:40:41.

nomy99vor 6 Jahren

Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00.

abetuskvor 6 Jahren

Are we living in a Phillip K Dick novel?

I'm seeing:

Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:39:22.

jlgaddisvor 6 Jahren

> Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:07.

The even more shocking news is that half of HN had apparently never seen or never heard of a "dynamic web page" before!

Buttons840vor 6 Jahren

This was more interesting than a dynamic web page. Be fair.

The time wasn't updating on every refresh, and even when it was it appeared to be going backwards.

Then the page was taken offline because of technical difficulties.

loraavor 6 Jahren

sam_goodyvor 6 Jahren

Yes, I know everyone hates Donald J. Trump.

And I know that most people have such a distorted view of his actions that someone could probably write an accurate biography with a fake name, and he would not be recognized by the left or the right.

But, please. He was the president, and he did a tremendous amount of things by all counts. He changed the world's attitude towards China and towards the Middle East.

Any other president would probably have used Covid to become dictator (see other countries), he instead boosted the States' power.

You may think that he made changes for the better, you may think for the worse. But he is commander in chief and he is leaving by all counts in another week.

A little respect looks a lot better and is much more manly than acting like a big baby and sore winner.

jlgaddisvor 6 Jahren

I know, right!?

John Wayne Gacy [0] has a bad reputation and isn't well-liked either, just because he "assaulted and murdered at least 33 young men and boys."

No one ever talks about all the good things that he did, like bringing happiness and joy to so many by performing as a clown -- usually at no charge! -- "at numerous local parties, political functions, charitable events, and children's hospitals."

Instead, they always just focus on that one bad thing he did (at least 33 times).

</sarcasm>

--

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

tenebrisalietumvor 6 Jahren

Enumerate what you think is the tremendous good and bad.

sam_goodyvor 6 Jahren

A DDG search without filtering. Do a search and see much, much more. An honest question - do you seriously question if Trump was influential?

(My own life was changed greatly by Trump's policies, but that would be anecdotal, and therefore not relevant.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/fact-check-trump....

https://www.thenationalsentinel.com/2020/10/10/heres-a-list-...

https://logiclogiclogic.wordpress.com/2020/08/31/what-a-terr...

db48xvor 6 Jahren

Five peace treaties between Israel and formerly-hostile nations seems like an accomplishment to me.

mech422vor 6 Jahren

According to the state departments website, Trump's term ended ?

filleokusvor 6 Jahren

If the page gets fixed, it's archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210111200247/https://www.state...

Interesting to note that the time seems to be jumping around. Some staffer with backend templating access behind it?

jaboutboulvor 6 Jahren

or maybe they are taking bets on when it happens?

aaomidivor 6 Jahren

https://twitter.com/tarah/status/1348727605617258496

ubermanvor 6 Jahren

Someone testing something in production looks like. If this was a real thing it would be in the news not as an odd footer.

anonymouse008vor 6 Jahren

Testing a breach perhaps? Or proving their breach?

jaboutboulvor 6 Jahren

i said in another comment but maybe they are taking bets on when it happens?