--- title: Stephen King Says Donald Trump Blocked Him on Twitter description: The 'Dark Tower' author says he was blocked by the President — and fellow author J.K. Rowling then offered to send him the tweets herself. canonical: https://time.com/4816499/stephen-king-trump-block-rowling/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-13T16:53:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T06:57:04.000Z og:title: Stephen King Says President Trump Blocked Him on Twitter og:description: And J.K. 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President Donald Trump considers his tweets to be official White House statements, according to Press Secretary Sean Spicer._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:57 AM UTCPublished: Jun 13, 2017 4:53 PM UTC President Donald Trump considers his tweets to be official White House statements, according to Press Secretary Sean Spicer.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:57 AM UTCPublished: Jun 13, 2017 4:53 PM UTC [Stephen King’s](http://time.com/4764810/the-dark-tower-stephen-king-trailer/) latest horror story: he’s being blocked by President Trump on Twitter — but he’s not entirely sure what happened. The noted horror author tweeted on Tuesday that he is being blocked from following Trump’s Twitter account — a situation that other Americans have [found themselves in](http://time.com/4809002/donald-trump-twitter-block-james-comey/) after they made critical comments. > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/874646427091251201) He later [asked via Twitter](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/874671091330973696) if others had “received a notification of being blocked from Trump’s tweets,” and questioned if it was a hoax. TIME reached out to King to confirm that he is being blocked. King’s representative said that “It has now disappeared so \[we\] cannot verify if it was from Trump or just a prank.” After King’s initial tweet, fellow blockbuster author and active Twitter user [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4812905/jk-rowling-misogyny-twitter-rant/) stepped in with an offer to help, offering to slide into his DMs with Trump’s tweets. (Strictly speaking, this isn’t necessary, as blocked users can read reposts of Trump’s tweets on [accounts](https://twitter.com/unfollowtrump) like this one.) [https://twitter.com/jk\_rowling/status/8746467944367390](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/8746467944367390) 72 King has been a long-time admirer of Rowling, [writing a glowing review](http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/23/reviews/000723.23kinglt.html) of _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_ back in 2000 for the New York _Times_ and following it up [with heaps of praise](http://ew.com/article/2007/08/10/stephen-king-last-word-harry-potter/) for both the rest of the Potter series, [her non-Potter novel](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/21/stephen-king-shining-sequel-interview) _The Casual Vacancy_, and her writing under the [pseudonym Robert Galbraith](http://ew.com/article/2016/01/10/stephen-king-jk-rowling-robert-galbraith-novels/). Both King and Rowling [have been vocally opposed](https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-king-confirms-trump-not-214327541.html) to Trump, often taking to Twitter to criticize him. Recently, King tweeted a dig [at Ivanka Trump](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/874372033492156420) and [disparaged the Cabinet](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/874585176667549696). There is a [legal debate](http://time.com/4809002/donald-trump-twitter-block-james-comey/) about whether or not the President can block individual users since last week, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said they amount to [“official statements by the President of the United States.”](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-covfefe-idUSKBN19402C?il=0) Fans of the writers are supportive of this arrangement between the two famous novelists. > [](https://twitter.com/Advil/status/874647826499858432) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRyanParker/status/874649409392226305) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRyanParker/status/874646882336755712) ## Transcript [00:00] Are President Trump's tweets considered official White [00:02] House statements? Well the President is the President of [00:05] the United States. So they're considered official statements [00:09] by the President of the United States. The President is the [00:11] most effective messenger on his agenda. And I think his [00:15] use of social media, he now has a collective total of close [00:18] to 110 million people across different platforms Gives him [00:22] an opportunity to speak straight to the American people [00:24] which has proved to be a very, very effective tool. Is [00:26] President Trump at all concerned that his tweets could be [00:29] used against him at the level of the Supreme Court when [00:32] the ACLU takes on this travel ban case? I think we've [00:36] made it clear with respect to that, that the court should [00:39] follow the law. And I think The danger is real. 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