Diplomacy by Tweet: Turning Global Politics Into a Spectacle

The Trump-Petro feud reveals the risks of weaponized social media.

Diplomacy used to be about quiet negotiations in closed rooms, where measured words carried weight and trust was carefully built over time. That version of diplomacy feels like ancient history in today’s world of social media spats, where leaders hurl insults and threats with the same nonchalance as teenagers posting selfies. The recent clash between Do…