The Department of Defense tweeted about the correlation between mental health and social media postings Monday morning, which many Twitter users took to have been sent with a certain President of the United States in mind.
The tweet, which reads “Social media postings sometimes provide an important window into a person’s #mentalhealth. Know what to look for,” links out to a synopsis from a symposium about how to use social media to know when to intervene with someone who may need help.
Social media postings sometimes provide an important window into a person’s #mentalhealth. Know what to look for. https://t.co/B0tPAHwjVK pic.twitter.com/AbXrw2QhQd
— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) January 23, 2017
While that’s a noble message, it’s not how many Twitter users decided to take it:
@DeptofDefense have you look at the posts by your Commander in Chief? @potus needs immediate help.
— Liberal Venom (@LiberalVenom) January 23, 2017
@DeptofDefense @ him next time fam. We’re all thinking it anyway.
— slattern (@slatt3rn) January 23, 2017
Is this the most ? subtweet of all time? https://t.co/TCazhNe9Ai
— Wendy Molyneux (@WendyMolyneux) January 23, 2017
While there’s no indication that the tweet was directed at the President and his late-night habits on the platform, this isn’t the first time a government agency may have subtweeted Trump.
This weekend, the Department of the Interior was reportedly ordered to stop tweeting after its National Parks Service account retweeted an unflattering photograph comparing Trump’s Inauguration crowd size to Obama’s in 2009. The National Parks Service apologized for the retweet and was back up tweeting on Saturday.
