{"id":38192,"date":"2018-06-13T16:32:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T23:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38192"},"modified":"2018-06-13T16:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T23:36:45","slug":"trump-calls-the-media-our-countrys-biggest-enemy-but-america-trusts-the-media-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38192","title":{"rendered":"Trump Calls the Media &#8216;Our Country\u2019s Biggest Enemy&#8217; &#8211; But America Trusts the Media More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is getting monotonous. Once again Donald Trump has lashed out at the free press and exhibited his utter contempt for the Constitution. In a Wednesday afternoon tweet the President made his position clear &#8211; again &#8211; about what he regards as the <em>&#8220;biggest enemy&#8221;<\/em> of the country. And it isn&#8217;t murderous dictators like Kim Jong Un or Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-media-scrum-2.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38193\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/2178098095538307\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tweet that Trump posted was a response to his critics who correctly pointed out that his meeting with Kim produced nothing for the United States, but gave Kim everything he hoped for. Kim was able to stand next to the leader of the free world as an equal with the international diplomatic legitimacy that he craved. He got Trump to call off military exercises with South Korea, leaving us, as well as our allies, unprepared for whatever potential risks exist in the region. Trump even promised to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/north-korea-plays-up-u-s-concessions-to-kim-jong-un-1528849617\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">remove the sanctions<\/a><\/strong> on North Korea before any action to denuclearize on Kim&#8217;s part.<\/p>\n<p>The United States, however, got nothing but empty promises from a known liar &#8211; or liars (Kim and Trump). And Trump slammed unnamed (nonexistent) critics who he said <em>&#8220;would have &#8216;begged&#8217; for this deal-looked like war would break out.&#8221;<\/em> But the only threat of war came from Trump himself. And now that he&#8217;s cozying up to Kim he wants credit for ending the crisis he manufactured. The tweet said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So funny to watch the Fake News, especially NBC and CNN. They are fighting hard to downplay the deal with North Korea. 500 days ago they would have \u201cbegged\u201d for this deal-looked like war would break out. Our Country\u2019s biggest enemy is the Fake News so easily promulgated by fools!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1006891643985854464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The most troubling part of that deranged outburst is that Trump is repeating a dangerously anti-American rant that he has embraced for months. By calling CNN and NBC the biggest of America&#8217;s enemies he&#8217;s proving that he doesn&#8217;t understand foreign affairs or the risk scenarios that this country faces. He is completely wrapped up in his ego-bubble that informs him that only criticism of him is an actual threat. That could end up being a tragic mistake for the welfare of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Setting aside how delusional and perilous Trump&#8217;s paranoid fantasies are, they are also contradicted by hard data. A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicpolicypolling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PPP_Release_National_61318.pdf#page=7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new poll<\/a><\/strong> by Public Policy Polling shows that the media that Trump detests so much is held in much higher esteem by the American people. The survey asked voters who they trust more, Trump or a variety of news enterprises. Here is a summary of who is more trusted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CNN: 53% \/ Trump: 38%<\/li>\n<li>NBC: 53% \/ Trump: 39%<\/li>\n<li>ABC: 53% \/ Trump: 39%<\/li>\n<li>CBS: 53% \/ Trump: 39%<\/li>\n<li>New York Times: 52% \/ Trump: 38%<\/li>\n<li>Washington Post: 51% \/ Trump: 38%<\/li>\n<li>Fox News: 32% \/ Trump: 26%<\/li>\n<li>Media: 48% \/ Sarah Huckabee Sanders: 35%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The trust of the media is pretty constant no matter the source. It&#8217;s a clear majority in the low fifties. The lack of trust for Trump is also consistently dismal in the upper thirties. Even poor Sarah Sanders is regarded as less credible than the media she lies to on a daily basis. The one anomaly in the group is Fox News. That&#8217;s likely because the survey respondents couldn&#8217;t decide who they trust most or least because they couldn&#8217;t tell the two apart. But even Fox News media correspondent Howard Kurtz says Trump&#8217;s media bashing has <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/5797260275001\/?playlist_id=928378949001#sp=show-clips\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gone too far<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There was plenty of other bad news for Trump in this survey. For instance, Democratic voters are more excited about the upcoming election than Republicans. And voters overall prefer Democrats to the GOP. Trump&#8217;s approval still can&#8217;t crack forty percent. He&#8217;s considered dishonest, a liar, mentally unbalanced, in cahoots with Russia, and that he hasn&#8217;t made America great again.<\/p>\n<p>The people think Trump should resign if proof emerges that he was working with Russia. They don&#8217;t want him to fire special counsel Robert Mueller or pardon himself. A plurality believe he should be impeached. And by wide margins people want a DACA bill passed, but do not want a wall along the Mexican border. His views on gun reforms are rejected by most Americans. And every Democrat posed as a 2020 challenger defeats him.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that it&#8217;s clear sailing for Trump. And these results come after two years of endless bashing of Democrats and progressive policies by the President on Twitter and his State TV colleagues on Fox News. No wonder Trump thinks the biggest enemy is the media. Because it&#8217;s his enemy. Not because it&#8217;s biased against him. But because anything that might reveal more of his deceit and corruption is going to anger him. And that&#8217;s the only thing he cares about. And it&#8217;s also something that he has no control over, which only exacerbates his rage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is getting monotonous. Once again Donald Trump has lashed out at the free press and exhibited his utter contempt for the Constitution. In a Wednesday afternoon tweet the President made his position clear &#8211; again &#8211; about what he regards as the &#8220;biggest enemy&#8221; of the country. And it isn&#8217;t murderous dictators like Kim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,1200],"tags":[42,554,95,101,430],"class_list":["post-38192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","tag-cnn","tag-donald-trump","tag-media","tag-nbc","tag-polls"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-media-scrum-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-9W0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41622,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41622","url_meta":{"origin":38192,"position":0},"title":"Trump Cries &#8216;Fake News&#8217; Over a Joke that Nailed His Hate for Biden and Love for Kim Jong Un","author":"Mark NC","date":"5\/27\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"There is something particularly abhorrent about a political leader who disparages his fellow citizens on foreign soil and takes the side of murderous tyrants over American patriots. 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