Posted on 10/19/2018 4:51:44 AM PDT by Kaslin
The media has battled President Trump from the day he announced his presidential bid. They have attacked him the last two years like all other Republicans, but have consistently failed. Trump’s approval ratings have been relatively consistent with a few rough patches; however, he always bounces back stronger. The legacy media cannot destroy what they did not create.
Lesley Stahl with CBS News sat down with Trump for a one-on-one interview. She peppered him with questions about several different subjects. Stahl’s inquiries were “gotcha” in nature, but there was one difference. Trump is not a typical Republican president because he pushed back causing Stahl to change the subject quickly but he would not allow it.
In the past, the mainstream media questioned those on the right with the sole purpose of tripping them up, and Trump was no different. We are in a different political age, and the left’s tactics no longer work. Trump is not a typical president, but the left has used their tried and true tactics because they always work.
The media crushed former President George W. Bush for the Iraq War. His approval numbers fell to the upper 20’s at one point.
Harry Reid lied about Mitt Romney. He told an interviewer with the Huffington Post that Romney does not pay his taxes. Romney denied the accusations, but problems arose in the election from Reid’s statement and he later boasted about his deception.
Trump is not media made. He is self-made. The legacy news cannot disconnect the bond between Trump and his base. It has become evident that a candidate that blows off attacks and does the opposite of Republican tradition can succeed. The left does not understand how to deal with this. They have never received pushback.
The media has thrown everything they know at the president, but have failed. There is nothing left. They have tried racism, sexism, mental illness, and many different lies that have resulted in journalists getting fired.
Trump has deflated the legacy media and exposed their biases. Obama received softball questions. They refused to challenge his character, integrity, or emotions. On the other hand, Trump is under constant criticism. Trump told Stahl the media’s treatment was unfair to him, which is something Republicans never do.
Trump has beaten the self-proclaimed geniuses at major news networks for over two years. The irony is the left claims he is mentally ill. That must be embarrassing being controlled by someone who has “mental issues.”
Trump uses Twitter as a means to control the media. All the major news networks believe they control the news cycle, but in reality, Trump controls them through social media. They are so obsessed with destroying Trump any tweet gets blown out of proportion. In the end, the leftist news looks like they are the mentally ill ones.
Conventional political wisdom says that Republicans need to be neutral or even back down from the media, but Trump has destroyed that method and exposed it. He’s shown that a candidate can keep his base and also grow it when the press is challenged and defeated.
Good post.
Very good.
Now if we could free the Republican party of globalists we’d be cooking!
People love a fighter. Someone with grit. Nobody likes a wimp and a coward. (looking at you, Jeb)
JOBS not MOBS.
Why are you addressing your post to me? I am not Jeb. I am not even a he.
thanks
Or as General Patton said:
Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser.
Winning!
To a large extent, the MSM is Comcast and Disney.
I think the poster was referring to Jeb because Jeb, so symbolizes what Trump is not.
Jeb is what is wrong with the GOP.
Trump is on the right track, so far.
Just my opinion...
Because you posted the article?
People always post their opinion to the first post of an article. Don’t take it personally.
How long have you been a FReeper, FGS? A long time I see. Don’t worry, be happy! That’s how we extend the articles sentiments.
I wasn't calling you jeb. The reference was an aside to the dork fading in politic's rear view mirror. You're alright.
Always remember that if they hate Trump, they hate those who voted for him even worse.
Pres. Trump is a champion of the people. Think about it.
He misses the biggest point. Trump can fight back because of the technological changes that helped create alternate media.
Other Republicans tried to fight back, but did not have the tools to do so.
The classic cases are Senator McCarthy and President Nixon.
The Media are losing because they have lost the ability to control the narrative, define the issues, define what is a scandal, and decide who is an acceptable candidate and who is not.
President Trump is showing all Republicans they do not need to cower in fear of the Media any longer.
bkmk
Pres. Trump said it “it’s common sense”.
Next up- Trump to show conservatives how not to be afraid of the government and deep-state itself.
“The legacy news cannot disconnect the bond between Trump and his base.”
There are two major reasons for this...
1) More than most on the Right have finally woken up to the fact that the media is not their friend...and are turning that garbage off either mentally, or with the remote.
2) Folks on the Right BELIEVE in President Trump.
A lesson more Republicans need to learn.
Exactly why D.J. Trump is exactly the right president at exactly the right time . . . if he accomplishes nothing further, he has irrepairably destroyed the influence of the 4th estate/5th column and exposed them as the hyperpartisan hacks which they are.
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