The National Park Service returned to Twitter on Saturday after apologizing for tweets on Friday that apparently irked the Trump administration.
"We regret the mistaken RTs from our account yesterday and look forward to continuing to share the beauty and history of the parks with you," the National Park Service tweeted about 10:30 a.m. Eastern on Saturday.
Many NPS twitter feeds went silent Friday afternoon after the newly installed Trump administration ordered the Interior Department to idle its accounts.
"... All bureaus and the department have been directed by incoming administration to shut down Twitter platforms immediately until further notice," read a notice that went out across the National Park System.
The issue behind the order was apparently an unflattering retweet the National Park Service made comparing crowds at President Obama's 2009 inauguaration and Trump's inauguration. The photos were telling: gaps in the crowds for Trump's inauguration, and a National Mall practically bursting at the seams for Obama's.
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Good point Tomi.
It was incredibly stupid to tweet that out. Talk about pulling the tiger's tail....
NPS needs all the help it can get. Getting off on the wrong foot with the White House is oblivious at best, cunnivingly insuborinate at worst.
"The employee regrets his lack of judgement." - Letter in eOPF, hopefully.
Must agree Gary, history is history. The private sector has a responsibility to its shareholders and hopefully to its employees and customers. The public sector to all citizens. Big difference. Interestingly enough, the public sector bailed out both the financial institutions and automotive companies just a few short years ago. Corruption, both private and public, is an issue, but this is history. The President may not like it, but it is a fact.
This whole thing was based on fake news. The photo with less people was taken way before the time of the speech. Learn the facts before falling for fake news.
Eye roll. I agree with Gary Wilson. I find it concerning that our new president of the United States has such a thin skin that he lets a photo ruin his day (and that's all it was - a piece of history). If I got all hot and bothered by every troll who didn't like one of my photos or who didn't like a post I put on my Facebook page, I'd be a sorry case, indeed. If Trump ever decides to get his feelings hurt over a national park-related article on a national park-related site like the Traveler because he sees something that chafes his thin skin, I guess most of you will have to find some other venue in which to bitch. Maybe that's why you don't fork over the $9.95 to become a member and help support this site.
Rebecca, how do you know it was Trump that go "hot and bothered" and not some manager in the NPS or DOI who knew how inappropriate that tweet was coming from an official NPS account?
Rebecca - this all simply matches his established pattern of thin skinned kneejerk twitter responses to the slightest insult, or more often to published and verifiable facts that he doesn't like.
Scary time for the whole world.
Yet he didn't tweet a word about the NPS post. But go ahead, keep building up your boogy man. Its going to be fun watching you whine the next 8 years.