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Call Trumps News Conferences What They Are: Propaganda
Then contrast them with the leadership shown by Andrew Cuomo, Justin Trudeau and Angela Merkel.
By Jennifer Senior
Opinion columnist
In a time of global emergency, we need calm, directness and, above all, hard facts. Only the opposite is on offer from the Trump White House. It is therefore time to call the presidents news conferences for what they are: propaganda.
We may as well be watching newsreels approved by the Soviet Politburo. Were witnessing the falsification of history in real time. When Donald Trump, under the guise of social distancing, told the White House press corps on Thursday that he ought to get rid of 75 to 80 percent of them reserving the privilege only for those he liked it may have been chilling, but it wasnt surprising. He wants to thin out their ranks until theres only Pravda in the room.
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What do you say to Americans who are scared? Alexander pressed.
I say that youre a terrible reporter, Trump answered.
Only a liar and a weak man with delusions of competence would be so unnerved by the facts.
Wounded Bear
(58,728 posts)2naSalit
(86,824 posts)crickets
(25,986 posts)Andy823
(11,495 posts)leave the room because they were "to close" to each other, yet the picture above shows the trump gang like a foot apart? How stupid can things get?
PaulRevere08
(449 posts)maryallen
(2,172 posts)TNNurse
(6,929 posts)"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)And a toast to TN nurses (still have kinfolk & classmates there)......
KY
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)I am glad to not be out there in it. Multiple hours in isolation is exhausting, do not have the stamina.
ffr
(22,672 posts)Of how incompetence is not an asset characteristic in our leaders. Answer the damn question and reassure the American people, you son of a bitch, IMPotus!!!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,468 posts)PatrickforO
(14,593 posts)And I'm talking about Donald J. Trump, HIM, which is 'horrible inept monster.'
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)Woodwizard
(847 posts)talked today like a vaccine was practically ready. What an idiot.
dchill
(38,556 posts)onetexan
(13,067 posts)Better yet, NOT show up at all.
Fla Dem
(23,773 posts)I haven't watched the last 2 days. Gagged every time one of his sycophants, told him what a wonderful job he was doing.