Posted on 04/30/2017 6:19:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
When given the choice between attending the White House Correspondents dinner — a swampy D.C. event brimming with uber-rich, out-of-touch media elites — or headlining a rally jam-packed with the kind of real working-class Americans who elected him to the White House, our new president chose the latter.
President Trump’s bold decision proved once again that he’s not just a brilliant businessman — he also has excellent political instincts.
Why should the president attend a high-profile media event aimed at giving gravitas and ratings to a hyper-partisan industry that has covered his campaign, transition and first 100 days with an unprecedented level of blatant hostility? That’s like handing the keys to your car to someone who has repeatedly slashed your tires.
In the lead-up to his rally in Harrisburg, Pa., Trump tweeted: “Mainstream (FAKE) media refuses to state our long list of achievements, including 28 legislative signings, strong borders & great optimism!”
He’s right. According to a report released by the Media Research Center earlier this week, when it comes to covering the Trump administration, the mainstream media’s coverage has been 89 percent negative. That figure is hard to believe considering Trump has created more jobs in his first two months in the Oval Office than the past three presidents, appointed a widely respected Supreme Court Justice in Neil Gorsuch and restored a renewed sense of optimism in an economy that was still struggling to get back on its feet.
These are the kind of headlines that the unethical media — in the tank for the Democrats — won’t highlight on their nightly news segments.
It wasn’t that long ago that former President Barack Obama was marking his first 100 days in office. If you remember, the media’s coverage of him and his administration was nothing short of googly-eyed....
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Now if Trump would only follow through on things like his strong border promise (Build the wall!) and getting the US out of futile Middle East wars....
Trump wants to build the wall. You need to direct your barbs at this chickens**it Republican Congress, not him.
Why doesn’t Trump push it more? He should appeal directly to the American people. How about we crowd source the wall? I bet many of us would contribute. Same with the repeal of Obamacare. Tell them to repeal it and worry about replacement later.
I meant crowd fund the wall. Chalk it up to my OBS (old brain syndrome)
Yes!!!!!!!
Good for Trump. Don’t feed the media.
Congress and judges are holding him back.
I’m sure You have been to the Border?
Exactly....
It is Not like Your little Picket fence.
Crowd Source That!
Even if we crowdfund the hell out of it, it’s Congress that still has to pass the legislation to get it done. Land has to be purchased, right-of-ways dealt with, interstate compacts made, all that kind of stuff. In short, it’s not Trump not getting it done, it’s just that our cowards in Congress don’t have the guts to DO IT.
Trump didn’t want to attend the Nerd Prom.
Deploy the military to the border. They could literally patrol the entire border, but even if they only defend the most trafficked 300 to 500 miles of border, that’s a major win. If they are conducting “exercises”, or defending against terrorists infiltrating, both are completely outside the scope of judicial meddling and (mostly) congressional funding issues.
Anothe rone barking up the wrong tree - kinda cute but makes one look a bit foolish - blame the RINOs/GOPe instead of harping about “Trump hasn’t........”
“Deploy the military to the border.”
When I was a kid, we used collectively brag about having the longest non-militarized borders in the world. See where that got us?
The world has changed. When we were kids, even democrats loved America, or at least most democrat voters did. Now they hate themselves and hate America, and they have chosen the tactics that will destroy this country.
In that case, I doubt it will ever happen.
Desperation, my fellow Freeper, desperation.
Understood - no reason/sense to be too desperate yet. I stay engaged via Trump emails and make small donations to build his support and proof of that support.
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