3 . 7 ▁million ▁follow ers . ▁Trump ' s ▁twe ets ▁are ▁often ▁ret weet ed ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁times , ▁and ▁Trump ▁frequently ▁uses ▁Twitter ▁to ▁make ▁policy ▁statements . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Sp ic er ▁stated ▁that ▁Trump ' s ▁twe ets ▁are ▁considered ▁" o fficial ▁statements ▁by ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ". ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Trump ▁twe et ed ▁that ▁his ▁use ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁is ▁" MO DER N ▁DA Y ▁P RES ID ENT IAL ". ▁Another ▁law suit , ▁C RE W ▁and ▁National ▁Security ▁Archive ▁v . ▁Trump ▁and ▁E OP ▁was ▁file d ▁in ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia , ▁alleg ing ▁viol ations ▁of ▁the ▁President ial ▁Records ▁Act ▁for ▁deleting ▁twe ets . ▁ ▁A ▁month ▁prior ▁to ▁fil ing ▁this ▁law suit , ▁the ▁Knight ▁Institute ▁had ▁sent ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁Trump ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁blocked ▁Twitter ▁users , ▁asking ▁that ▁they ▁and ▁other ▁blocked ▁users ▁have ▁their ▁accounts ▁un block ed ▁by ▁Trump . ▁The ▁letter ▁argued ▁that ▁Trump ' s ▁personal ▁Twitter ▁account ▁is ▁a ▁public ▁forum , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁therefore ▁un const itution al ▁to ▁exclude ▁diss ent ing ▁views . ▁The ▁letter ▁was ▁copied ▁to ▁Sp ic er , ▁Sc av ino , ▁and ▁White ▁House ▁coun sel ▁Don ▁McG ahn . ▁The ▁Trump ▁administration ▁has ▁not ▁respond ed ▁to ▁the ▁letter . ▁ ▁Analysis ▁and ▁criticism ▁In