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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMorning Joe Rips Trump's Media Attacks: 'Channelling Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin'
by Aidan McLaughlin | 7:58 am, October 12th, 2017
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Trump kicked off Thursday as he usual does, on Twitter, slamming NBC News for their report that Tillerson referred to the president as a moron because of a comment he made about increasing the countrys nuclear arsenal tenfold. The president continued his attacks on the press in a White House photo-op later in the afternoon, and derided the media as fake news on Fox in the evening, much to Sean Hannitys delight.
MSNBCs Joe Scarborough started by comparing Trump to dictators Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin, because he refers to the media the enemy of the people. He added that the 25th amendment is being talked about as a means of removing Trump from office, particularly in light of his recent attacks on the First Amendment.
Its an attack on the media to be sure, but more profoundly, its an attack on the First Amendment, Mark Halperin said, before noting that people in Trumps own party have begun questioning his fitness for office.
On Trumps complaints that the press can write whatever they want, Katty Kay of the BBC said that she doesnt know if the president understands how news organizations work, reminding him of the strict protocols in place for reporting. This is authoritarianism 101, MSNBCs Willie Geist added. You delegitimize the press, you delegitimize your opponents and then you try to destroy them.
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FarPoint
(12,426 posts)Responding day in day out to tRumps media manlipulation keeps us in anxiety, keeps tRump viable and relevant....So, I think not dedicating every post, tv segment etc...to tRumps outrageous non presidential behavior is key to minimizing him..... I'm sick of all the complaining without action...
No sense in complaining without action to correct....
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)As Scar said, these are the actions taken in places like Turkey, Russia and the Philippines.
Let's hope our system with the Constitution intact, holds. Our Nation is being tested like never before.
We MUST pass this test.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)worse each day and many in congress sit by. Hopefully that will soon change.
FarPoint
(12,426 posts)I just think it needs to be more confrontational....