Donald J. Trump’s shameful war against the media is proceedingĀ unabated.
He calls The New York Times the “true enemy of the people.”
Why? Because the Times is doing its job. It is reporting the news regarding the Trump administration. It is seeking to chronicle what the president knew about possible “collusion” with Russian government agents in 2016.
Throughout all the Twitter tirades that Trump has launched against the media, he never seeks to refute specific elements of the reporting that’s been published. He simply denigrates the work of professional journalists with epithets like “loser,” “fake news,” and of course, “enemy of the people.”
He told us he would be an “unconventional president.” That is one campaign pledge he has kept. He is unconventional in the extreme.
Trump has declared war against the media. No president in modern history — with the exception, perhaps, of Richard Nixon — has been so wrong about the media’s role as watchdog and their responsibility to hold government officials accountable.
Donald Trump keeps shaming himself and his high office.
Disgraceful.
Spot on John
Thank you. Hey, I went to high school with a Robert Hoffman. Would that be you?