Is This Just Rhetoric Or Does Trump Have A Plan? What Do You Think?

[antiquity]

Yes. We must go back to honesty and truth- and going back to talking about and investigating Obama’s secret Kenyan birth certificate for another six years straight! :lamo

Maybe while we’re at it we can also talk a little bit more about how Trump U is better than Harvard! :lamo

Now that is really a valid question/comment? Harvard has turned into a liberal college influenced by very liberal professors and turning out very liberal dupes. But since Trump U is no longer in existence the question is really moot.

 

[Kreton]

On Monday morning Trump again attacked the media using standard Trump language:

"Crazed Lunatics that have given up on the TRUTH"
"Enemy of the People"
"We must bring honesty back to journalists and reporting"
"They write deliberatly false stories to make me and my administration look bad"

As a candidate Trump advocated changing libel laws so that politicians can sue news organizations and reporters.

He stated this morning as he has several times "We must bring honesty back to journalism and reporting'

Is Trump ramping up attacks on media to discredit them as we get closer to the 2020 elections?

Could he really have a plan to hobble news reporting and have more control over the press? How would he do this with divided government.

Could not create the poll. Didn't do it within 5 minutes of creating the thread. O well

Trump does not understand truth. He doesn't comprehend facts. In the world of Trump and his supporters truth means "things that he likes to hear" and lie means "things he does not like to hear".

 

[antiquity]

I see, he hammers at all news reporting, especially the MSM that most of the country watches every evening or all day long on the internet so that they won't believe even true stories. Preaching to your choir may get out your base vote but the constant hammering at it also gives a reason for the other base vote to come out. We recognize that there is bias and news has become news entertainment. Hard news reporting isn't done much any more. Bias doesn't mean that the reporting or the news entertainment isn't true.

Interesting post...and I agree with most but isn't the press reporting about 80%+ negative news about Trump and not bothering to report any good like the economy/unemployment and successful trade deals and talks with dictators with some sucess?

 

[antiquity]

Trump does not understand truth. He doesn't comprehend facts. In the world of Trump and his supporters truth means "things that he likes to hear" and lie means "things he does not like to hear".

You watch too much on MSM who absolutely hates Trump and cherry picks anything negative he does for the American people.

 

[antiquity]

No, the ethos of Liberals generally does not give Loyalty as much importance as Conservatives. We value loyalty just not to the degree that Conservatives do. The ethos of Liberals is generally equality, fairness, care, and protection from harm. The ethos of Conservatives is generally Loyalty, patriotism, respect for authority, and moral purism. That does not mean we don't all possess
some of all these qualities its a matter of the degree and importance we place on them. I suppose if we had a candidate who was elected and governed on the same platform he/she campaigned on I would be loyal. That seldom happens.

Since the democrats are so divide I find your comment true. Progressives/liberalism/Socialism/Antifa/diversity (which dividing our country into camps) and so on, so can see the democratic party coming apart going into the 2020 elections.

Actually Trump has for the most part lived up to his campaign promises...you just don't realize it because the MSM refuses to report them.

 

[Kreton]

You watch too much on MSM who absolutely hates Trump and cherry picks anything negative he does for the American people.

No. These are things that come from his mouth. He directly lies, blatantly and incredibly often and ignores facts that he has decided he doesn't like. You can make all the excuses you want, and blame the media but Trump is responsible for Trump. Just because he is a pathetic human being isn't the fault of anyone except Trump. I'm sorry you choose to worship such a ****ty person, but that isn't the medias fault either.

 

[TheParser]

Could he really have a plan to hobble news reporting and have more control over the press?

Of course, not!


"More" control? Right now he has no control.


Seeing that he may soon be kicked out of office (or even, as his enemies dream, be in handcuffs), he is obviously in no position to "hobble" the media.

No doubt many "journalists" are already rehearsing their Pulitzer prize award speeches for their role in ousting the President.