Is This Real? Twitter Account Supposedly Maintained By President of Estonia Goofing on Paul Krugman

Let me say, I doubt it is real.

Still, this one of those things where everyone's talking about it so if I don't link it, then I seem like I'm not paying attention.

So, I will say: The account is unverified, and I sort of doubt that the President of Estonia would get into a Twitter fight with Paul Krugman (even if he feels his country has been slighted), but, whatever, here it is.

As Drew says, "I want to believe!"

Reasons To Believe? @RBPundit says "scroll back through his timeline," suggesting a parody sockpuppet would not spend so much time posing as the President of Estonia just to goof on Paul Krugman.

@tommccammon says that the account's use of a joke -- "is this a Columbia vs. Princeton thing?" -- indicates authenticity, as the President of Estonia did in fact attend Columbia. He says Ilves is also known for being a "direct" politician, which I take to mean combative.

I suppose we'll soon know.

posted by Ace at 05:52 PM

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