I think there is something here – anons? Julian's tweet at the time was understood to be referring to the strings cut regarding SA happenings –

FLOTUS tweet today with misspelled "Untied States" at 11:07 - Julian Assange tweet on 11/7/2017 "Untied States" – Julian Assange tweeted: "Is there a word for what has happened to the Untied States? Where the puppet takes over the hand?"

3:18 AM - 7 Nov 2017