I took the above content to mean that a Democratic president would already have ties to the Whitehouse, and maybe be familiar w/the tool already, hence more comfortable with it and willing to keep using. It didn't read to me like an ideological motivation. Rather it's like when companies get a new CEO they come in and change everything and move the company headquarters to be closer to their house. Or when many programmers first start working with a new codebase. "What the hell? That last guy had no idea what he was doing!"
> Is the term "White House" often used to refer to anything within the executive branch?
Only when people are being sloppy, either through ignorance, or, e.g, because its convenient for spin they'd look to put on something.
Less sloppily, referring to an entity rather than a building, it refers to either the White House Office within the Executive Office of the President, or the whole Executive Office of the President (both of which are headed by the White House Chief of Staff.)
What good reason is there for the president to not simply communicate via whitehouse.gov or equivalent?
You might argue that it has lesser reach compared to a major social media site, but there are countless individuals and organizations that would jump to be the first one posting a link to a presidential address on social media sites.
So, try getting into a missile silo. That's paid for with tax dollars as well. Maybe we should allow anyone in there.
Why not the allow people to walk into the oval office?
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