The Tale of the Tweet

Bolton yesterday on North Korea sanctions —> https://t.co/b3MUX6WN1c

— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) March 22, 2019

It was announced today by the U.S. Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional Sanctions!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2019

Administration officials are confused about the meaning of President Trump’s sanctions tweet, per @kylieatwood. The Treasury Department penalized two Chinese companies yesterday for helping NK evade sanctions, but those were neither new sanctions, nor were they announced today.

— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) March 22, 2019

Last point very important > https://t.co/X34OHnnHKy

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 22, 2019

Tweets have consequences, too.