Posted on 03/27/2020 8:49:58 AM PDT by Liberty7732
Watching the evening press conferences that President Trump and his team are holding nightly during this crisis, I am seeing something I was not expecting — and now understand why some Democrats and many media members are pushing networks to cut the live coverage and make sure they get to” filter” everything.
The media calls to cut the mic made no sense after they had fits when Trump had stopped the daily press availabilities (because some media members had turned it into opportunities to grandstand.) Now I get it. It’s not hypocrisy. It’s because it works. And it works in a way that the intransigent never Trumpers could not have imagined possible.
These nightly press conferences are not only very effective, they are revealing how Trump has changed to deal with this crisis — something that many did not think possible. Trump looks downright presidential in the way all his critics claim he should be, but don’t really want him to be because they fear that would be good for his presidency.
He has an almost charming relationship with Dr. Deborah Birx and has her or Dr. Anthony Fauci handle most of the medical questions. He has a Navy Admiral explaining the efforts in the supply chain; Attorney General William Barr explaining the law for new rules; Vice President Mike Pence heading the federal task force to explain overall steps; and different specialists each night to answer questions.
Trump speaks, rarely invoking politics, then steps aside and has experts in each area explain from their respective areas of expertise.
Despite the socially distanced media clearly pushing him to make political statements in search of tomorrow’s headline, my goodness that is glaringly obvious, he stays very non-political for about two hours. That is a new Trump.
And the best Trump for this moment. Most great presidents, great leaders, are made during a crisis and their handling of it. Washington, Lincoln, Churchill, FDR (a very strong leader, just too often in the wrong direction) Reagan, even George W. Bush in his initial response to 9/11. Yes, there is some rarified company in that list. But we may be seeing that happening right now. After a slow start (minus blocking the flights from China in late January, which obviously bought us some time) and some missteps over seriousness, Trump has allowed his strengths to overcome his weaknesses.
This crisis has revealed his organizational abilities, intelligence, imagination, personal charisma and, very importantly, his boundless optimism for America. It also showed he does not have to be the center of attention. He spends a lot of time standing off to the side. But he directs the entire press conference like a maestro, from beginning to end.
He’s become what Dr. Sheldon Roth calls a “leader-follower” — which is just what the country needs at this critical moment.
The media is too far gone to allow that to come through directly to American people. They want to be the censors of Presidential speech, so they can cherry-pick and twist for their own, partisan agenda. That has not changed in this crisis. Neither apparently have many Democrats with their willingness to lard up the coronavirus bill with add-ons for pay equity, voting, private board representation, green initiatives, permanent paid leave, student loan bailouts and so much more. The crisis is an opportunity for them to get some goodies. (Notably, Democrats outside D.C., such as California Gov. Newsome and New York Gov. Coumo, have praised Trump’s responses.)
The media and the Democratic leadership seem not to have changed during this. Trump has, at least for the moment. And the American people are liking what they are seeing. The approval polls are showing it, with Trump soaring up to 54 percent on his handling of this, which is pretty phenomenal. And for the media and Democrats, that’s why the mic must be cut.
We may be seeing the emergence of a great U.S. President during a time of crisis. I honestly never thought Trump would be “great.” But what I see at these evening press conferences is something altogether unexpected — a Trump version of Roosevelt’s popular fireside chats.
Is he going to veto the Porkulus “stimulus” monstrosity?
In his second term, Trump will have the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court and the People behind him.
And the public will feel disgust toward the Democrats, the civil service, and the media.
Let’s see how much we can wipe away.
no.
And some of the questions are so godforsaken transparent that anyone can see how the MSM plays the game.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. ................ William Shakespeare.
We are. We are also seeing mendacity and venality appear in the people who regard this as just another chance to advance their politics.
Yes
But there are ways to mitigate some of the BS after the situation stabilizes
1) slow walk enforcement or dont enforce some demands at all, like diversity reporting
2) let groups and individuals file lawsuits against some of this idiocy and unequal treatment, power abuse and Pelosi overreach, Let them win.
Issue EOs - obama excelled at thus
NOT SO!
Trump has always been heroic!
Those who don't think so merely lack the wit to perceive it!
This is a man who
Gave up the luxurious life of a multibillionaire in order to save his beloved USA from destruction!Who risked everything for the USA and the American People!
Who has lost about a billion dollars since becoming President!
Who donates his entire Presidential salary to charity!
Whose rallying call is: MAKE AMERICA GREAT!
“These nightly press conferences are not only very effective, they are revealing how Trump has changed to deal with this crisis...”
Maybe, Trump hasn’t changed that much, but rather his many and significant personal capabilities are becoming more apparent than they would have been, if this administration continued as usual and without a very challenging, global crisis.
Then too- lots of people hardly credited the President with much. They forgot, if they ever KNEW, that he worked all his life and built up his own fortune with the self-same ‘capabilities’ some of them hated to recognize or even consider.
Wholly against their hateful prejudice, they are having to admit that it was absolutely no accident or mistake either, that he’s in the WH…and will certainly be re elected!!
But America knew! So it also demonstrates dramatically, how ‘out-of-touch’ Liberals continue to be.
Not only is our PDJT looking very presidential but our Mike Pence is showing his oratory skills! ;-)
What we are seeing is the recognition by the imperceptive of what has been there all along.
The honest and perceptive have seen Trump's greatness, his towering intellect, his profound morality, and his heroism from the very beginning.
This is the same media that covered Obama’s NCAA brackets as if they were a State of the Union.
President is on everyday and Millions are watching.
Haven’t heard much on the OLD JOE show yet. He have any viewers?
My though as well, in 2021 we can hopefully undo all the mess created by this stimulus.
Sounds like a positive piece about Trump, but obviously by a #NeverTrumper.
“I honestly never thought Trump would be “great.””
“We may be seeing the emergence of a great U.S. President during a time of crisis.”
He is only NOW, “emerging”.
Trump hasn’t changed!
Trump hasn’t changed, that I know of, since I read his book “The Art of the Deal” in 1987.
Watch video from way back when. Trump is the same.
I think it was during the campaign when some presstitue asked him if he shouldn’t be more “presidential” and he responded something like “Presidential, I can be very presidential.”
And so he CAN!
Trump is a GENIUS!
Trump is a “political” GENIUS!
A little wake up call. Having read that the NPR station in Seattle (IIRC) is no longer broadcasting the Trump updates, I decided to look at NBC during the update and nope, they are broadcasting Ellen. I haven’t checked the other alphabets or CNN/MSNBC, but will look at them today.
It may be that only FoxNews is broadcasting the updates in their entirety.
The DNC gave the networks their marching orders, and they complied.
That can become almost as scary as having Hillary for president.
The Republican and Democratic Political Parties are merely two cheeks of the same ass. I myself prefer the Republican corruption because it always seemed more productive for the nation.
Trump has not changed one bit, his many talents are just becoming more apparent.
This is why I said from day one he would be the greatest president ever.
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