Twitter was founded in 2006, Fourteen years later, and perhaps thanks to the influential example of President Trump, the masters of the universe have apparently learned to post to it.
This week alone, from Goldman Sachs to Amazon to the Democratic contenders, a plethora of influential politicians and business leaders have at least attempted to use the social media platform with the same air of casual authenticity coupled with severity that characterizes many of Mr. Trump's tweets.
Historically, Goldman Sachs and Amazon are known for extremely carefully and policed corporate messaging. But in 2020, the example of the tweeter-in-chief seems to have loosened their Twitter fingers.
Jon Meacham, a presidential historian, said that the business leaders of the United States have long taken cues about how to behave in public from the staging of the presidency.
"Prior to Trump there was a visual vernacular of dignity and gravitas that corporate America borrowed from the presidency," Mr. Meacham said. "And now, as the president has become a Hobbesian bully online, they'are borrowing that. Because at least in their minds, that's where people are at."
Rebecca Katz, who has worked as a communications adviser, attributed this week's tweets to the increasingly blurry lines between politics, business, media and celebrity.
1.Master of the universe 宇宙的主宰
2.Apparently adv.显然地
3. Post v.张贴
4. Contender n.竞争者
5. Plethora n.过多，过量
6. Air n.气氛，感觉
7. Take cues from sb. 接受某人的提示
8.Staging n.演出登台行为
9.Dignity n.庄严，高贵
10. Gravitas n.沉稳，庄重（A seriousness of manner that people respect)
11. Attribute sth. to sth. 将某事归结于某原因上
12. Blurry adj.模糊的
13. Celebrity n.名人
