After Prime Minister Liz Truss announced his resignation on Thursday (October 20), the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection posted a link from Public Enemy’s “Can’t Truss It” under the BBC’s Twitter post. The now-deleted comment was a nod to her short tenure in the post as she was only appointed prime minister on September 6.
The BMWK not only deleted the tweet, but apologized in the evening and posted an update the next day. The first tweet said the comment was “not an official communication” and the post would be reviewed. The following day then the statement: “We checked how this tweet came about. There was a human error for which we apologize. We are working to rule out such mistakes in the future.”
Info tweet: The #BMWK-Response to the @BBCBreaking– The tweet about Liz Truss’s resignation was not an official communication from the BMWK. We are currently investigating the matter and would like to thank everyone who brought this to our attention.
— Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (@BMWK) October 20, 2022
Update: We checked how this tweet came about. There was a human error for which we apologize. We are working on eliminating such errors in the future.
— Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (@BMWK) October 21, 2022
The “Spiegel” described the comment as “malicious” and Matthias Hauer (CDU) wrote on Twitter: “The @BMWK should quickly clarify how such an undiplomatic tweet could be published and how something like this can be prevented in the future.” he both the apology from the federal ministry and the original comment.
That @BMWK should quickly clarify how such an undiplomatic tweet could be published and how something like this can be prevented in the future. #Habeck #truss pic.twitter.com/DJy8vlmx14
— Matthias Hauer ???? (@MatthiasHauer) October 20, 2022