Why this archive exists
In February 2026, the State Department announced it would delete all posts on its official X accounts made before Trump returned to office on January 20, 2025. The posts would be internally archived but no longer publicly accessible - anyone wanting to see them would have to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
These posts are not just press statements. They include the day-to-day record of U.S. diplomacy - often the only public record of those moments.
This archive preserves 29,498 tweets and their associated media from the @StateDept account, spanning 2008–2025.