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Were Badlands National Park's Climate Change Tweets A Dig At Trump?

Badlands National Park tweeted about climate change after reports claimed President Trump enforced a social media blackout.

Badlands National Park sign in South Dakota
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The person at the controls of Badlands National Park's Twitter account took on a very climate-change-tinted theme this afternoon.

Here's where things get tricky: It's not clear why all this is happening. Some reports suggested that President Donald Trump had banned EPA employees from sharing updates on social media. 

Press secretary Sean Spicer deflected a question about the supposed "gag order" today. He had another question to answer, but that's a different story.

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There's no official word from the White House yet about this Badlands account. But Twitter is certainly talking about it.

The Badlands tweets have also since been deleted.