Thanks to Twitter, there are about 18 million White House correspondents

You know what I do right before I go to work? I check my Twitter to see what the next president is thinking.

I literally have the same access to him as The New York Times, especially because he hardly ever talks to reporters!

Ross: Give us a glimpse of those magic health care beans, Trump

I know some people such as Vice President Joe Biden hate this. He even told PBS: “… grow up, time to be an adult, you’re president.”

But getting direct tweets makes me feel a like a White House correspondent. In fact, come Jan. 20 there will be around 18 million of us White House correspondents who will be getting direct Presidential quotes a full five minutes before they make headlines on the New York Times website.

Yikes. I guess that means we should set some standards for ourselves.

So when Trump sends out two tweets referring to Senator Charles Schumer as a clown, do we retweet those straight or attach a creepy clown picture to lubricate the discussion?

Should we mention the fact that each of Trump’s Schumer tweets had a typo? Or would that sound biased?

Should we retweet everything, or hide some things as a courtesy? Kind of like the way reporters hid that Roosevelt was in a wheelchair.

Being a White House correspondent isn’t as easy as I thought. But it’s a lot easier when every morning the president sends a direct quote to your right pants pocket!

By the way, as a White House correspondent, I should report to you that Vice President Biden has tweeted only three times in the past week. That’s no way to keep in touch, Mr. Vice President! You need to step up. And frankly, it’s not that difficult. Your comment about Trump growing up would have made a great tweet, with about 90 characters to spare.

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