'Back to hashtag diplomacy'! Antony Blinken takes a familiar approach in tweet about Ukraine and Russia

Doug P. | 9:23 PM on January 22, 2022

Friday on “The View” White House press secretary Jen Psaki made a bit of a Freudian slip when she said “I love working for President Obam… President Biden.” Perhaps Psaki should have stuck with the first version, because judging from Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s tweet Saturday, Obama-era hashtag diplomacy is so very back:

I #StandWithUkraine. @StateDept stands with Ukraine. The United States stands with Ukraine. https://t.co/7Vj0amAf22

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) January 22, 2022

Update: Blinken’s spox has joined in:

.@StateDept is with Ukraine. We #StandWithUkraine 👋 https://t.co/9z7dhjTenz

— Ned Price (@StateDeptSpox) January 22, 2022

Yep, the Obama folks are certainly back in charge.

Uh oh. We're back to hashtag diplomacy.

— 🐾 Suzy 🐾 (@scout_nj) January 23, 2022

This administration governs via hashtag, not strength. No wonder our adversaries don’t respect the United States under Joe Biden. #Ukraine https://t.co/A9bmQxd3nL

— John Cooper (@thejcoop) January 23, 2022

Biden is using the same failed hashtag diplomacy that didn’t work when Obama did it. https://t.co/MA2TfnbiUo

— Mr T 2 (@GovtsTheProblem) January 23, 2022

Oh good. Hashtag diplomacy. This will work as well as getting those innocent little girls back from Boko Haram with one.

Nothing to worry about everyone, the “adults” are in charge 🙄 https://t.co/y3NAmyS4HR

— Stacey – Gen X – The Sleeper Generation (@ScotsFyre) January 23, 2022

You think a hashtag will scare off Russia? https://t.co/cuogs0TCuI

— Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) January 23, 2022

We stand with Ukraine!

Not too closely though.

Actually, we are going to stay here and stand on this side of the pond.

But we stand with you in spirit! https://t.co/2aeSmViXk1

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 23, 2022