(CNN) There's a growing trend among Donald Trump's advisers: Listen to what he says, not what he tweets.

On the "Today" show Monday, Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway bemoaned "the obsession with covering everything he says on Twitter and little of what he does as president."

On "New Day" Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka echoed that sentiment, insisting to host Chris Cuomo that "it's social media, Chris, it's social media. You know the difference, right?," adding: "It's not policy, it's not an executive order. It's social media. Please understand the difference."

Here's the thing: There is no difference. And, in fact, Trump's tweets are actually more important than the more formal statements coming out of his White House because they represent something much closer to what he believes on nearly every issue.

What the White House is trying to do here is have things both ways.

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