As the nation continues to endure a deadly pandemic, Donald Trump continues to be obsessed over his public image. The death toll is approaching a tragic milestone of 100,000 Americans lost to COVID-19 (coronavirus). And recent studies show that tens of thousands of those deaths could have been avoided had Trump not been so negligent, incompetent, and even deliberately dismissive of the threat.
Trump manages to turn every public appearance into an infomercial for his 2020 reelection campaign. He simply cannot address this crisis without ultimately referring to himself and what he regards as mistreatment by the media. For the alleged “leader of the free world” Trump sure seems to fall back into a state of paranoid victimhood every time he speaks.
For two days running Trump has also been lashing out wildly at his State TV network (aka Fox News). Anyone who is paying attention recognizes that Fox News is the unabashed propaganda organ of Trump’s presidency. But even with the unprecedented loyalty and adulation that Fox pours over Dear Leader, it can never be enough to mollify Trump’s acute narcissism. And when Fox is less than sufficiently adoring, Trump unleashes his wrath. For instance, on Thursday he whined that…
….Hahn, Richard Goodstein, Donna Brazile, Niel Cavuto, and many others. They repeat the worst of the Democrat speaking points, and lies. All of the good is totally nullified, and more. Net Result = BAD! CNN & MSDNC are all in for the Do Nothing Democrats! Fox WAS Great!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2020
Trump apparently thinks that Fox “News” is obligated to “help Republicans, and me, get re-elected.” That’s how corrupted his concept of journalism is. Not that Fox practices much journalism. But you would have to believe that some of their “reporters” would take offense to being cast as Trump’s political lackeys. However, none of them have said so since this tweet was posted. And in Trump’s diseased brain, the difference between being “great” and “garbage” is the quality of your bootlicking. Any divergence from total obedience is not tolerated. That’s the deranged mindset behind Trump’s Friday morning tweet demanding that…
.@FoxNews should fire their Fake Pollster. Never had a good Fox Poll! https://t.co/joHfkQwd9L
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
Naturally, Trump regards any negative polling results as “fake” and an offense that serves as grounds for termination. However, his complaint that he’s “Never had a good Fox Poll” is an easily provable lie. In fact, he’s had many, and he has effusively praised Fox on those occasions. That doesn’t mean he won’t forget that the moment there is a less positive poll. But Trump wasn’t through whining:
Why doesn’t @FoxNews put up the CNBC POLL or the (believe it or not!) @CNN Poll? Hope Roger A is looking down and watching what has happened to this once beautiful creation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
If Trump is really interested in examining a variety of polls, he might take a look at the RealClearPolitics poll of polls that averages the most recent published surveys. As of May 22, every single one of them has Joe Biden leading Trump, including CNBC and CNN. However, what’s particularly disturbing about this tweet is Trump’s shout out to the late Roger Ailes, the former Fox News CEO who was fired due to numerous accusations of sexual harassment and assault. Although, you can’t blame Trump for admiring someone so much like himself. And with regard to the findings in the Fox News poll, it is understandable that Trump would be worried. It shows that…
“…voters prefer Biden to Trump 48-40%. Biden wins on on health care by 17 points, coronavirus by 9, and relations with China by 6. Trump is trusted more on the economy by a slim 3-point margin.”
Trump’s outrage notwithstanding, he will surely continue to show favoritism to Fox News. He has done the vast majority of his television interviews on Fox. He regularly promotes Fox News Trump-fluffers like Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, Lou Dobbs, Jesse Watters, Maria Bartiromo, and the “Curvy Couch” potatoes of Fox and Friends. And while he will occasionally exploit other news sources (such as One America News Network – OANN – which some of his big donors have taken a financial interest in) in order to pressure Fox to be more subservient, he will always return to Fox for the ego stroking he craves. And Trump’s attacks will be passively tolerated because that’s what the Fox News Ministry of Propaganda was created to do.
How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.
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The very thin skinned don chose to ignore preparation for COVID-19 and politicize it instead and blame the Democrats for its overrated deadliness when it was first reported. He still chooses to ignore the number of cases we have by limiting testing so we cannot know the true number of cases that we have. In his mind the fewer reported cases the more successful he is.
To the tune of Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Meanwhile, speaking of slinging feces, Teddy Poopy Pants had an “interview” with Dummy Minor, and ….
During a livestream with the Trump campaign, NRA board member Ted Nugent encouraged anti-quarantine protesters
Just as a reminder, triggered wannabe murderer Teddy Poopy Pants wanted to kill Obama given means and opportunity, but the Secret Service decided he was no threat.
Not sure which was the bigger insult…..
I cannot believe anyone is stupid enough to trust trump on the economy.
The orange moron has been attacking obama’s economy since he was installed.
A few headlines from the first couple of years of the trump disaster:
“Trump’s washing machine tariffs cost U.S. consumers $815,000 for every job created”
“The retail apocalypse has claimed 6,000 US stores in 2019 so far, more than the number that shut down in all of 2018”
“Consumers to pay a hefty price for Trump’s rollback of light bulb efficiency standards”
“Midwestern farmers are filing the highest number of bankruptcies in a decade.”
“Trade conflicts have cost Nebraska economy more than $1 billion, Farm Bureau says”
“GM To Cut Up To 14,000 Jobs And Close Plants In North America”
“Lowe’s to close 51 North American stores”
“US soybean sales to China down 94 percent as Trump tariffs continue: report ”
“Tariffs could mean a 2M drop in car sales and cost 715,000 jobs, warns auto industry group”
“For the biggest group of American workers, wages aren’t just flat. They’re falling.”
“Toyota warns: New Trump tariffs will cause price of cars to rise in US”
“Job growth slows to a six-year low in Trump’s first year”
“Why America’s return to $1 trillion deficits is a big problem for you”
“These Companies Laid Off Large Numbers of Employees After Taking Trump’s Tax Cuts”
“6 Ways to Prepare for Rising Gas Prices – $5 Per Gallon Gas Coming Soon?”
“Trump Killing Tourism Industry: $4.6 billion in lost spending, 40,000 jobs lost”
“Harley-Davidson workers stunned by plant closure after tax cut”
“Walmart is abruptly closing 63 Sam’s Club stores and laying off thousands of workers”
“Inflation hits 6-year high, wiping out wage gains for the average American”
“U.S. Trade Deficit Balloons to Widest in Almost Six Years”
“Layoffs from Trump tariffs are piling up. So are calls for more bailouts.”
“Trump Tariffs: How Many American Jobs Lost in a Trade War?”
“American Companies Keep Sending Thousands of Jobs Overseas”
“Another Motorcycle Maker Considers Moving Output Overseas”
“The Companies Offshoring Jobs at a Record Pace Under Trump”
“Trump bails out some, but not all, the victims of his trade war”
“Wells Fargo plans 5 percent to 10 percent workforce cut that could affect 26,500 positions”
“Ford CEO says Trump’s metal tariffs have cost the company $1 billion in profit”
“West Virginia poverty gets worse under Trump economy, not better”
WOW! Great collection. It really tells the story of Trump’s failures.
It sure does! Thanks for posting that!