[Popman]

I’d rather see Trump do a type of fire side chat on TV instead of rallies...

The thank you tour was great, but pretty much the same theme for every one...

He can circumvent the media filter by going direct via TV statements.

[Company Man]

The networks would refuse to air.

[TerriHaute]

He can circumvent the media filter by going direct via TV statements.

Nah, if he went on TV, the networks would still have talking heads spinning and shaping the narrative before and after he went on-air. Live rallies or live streaming is the way to go.

[papertyger]

I’d rather see Trump do a type of fire side chat on TV instead of rallies... The thank you tour was great, but pretty much the same theme for every one... He can circumvent the media filter by going direct via TV statements.

Dude...have you never seen a Republican Presidential Address?

The requisite talking heads start "analyzing" it into their own narrative before he even finishes speaking.

[elcid1970]

“...I’d rather see Trump do a type of fire side chat on TV instead of rallies...”

Are you old enough to remember SNL’s sendup of Jimmah Carter during the energy crisis, where (Dan Ackroyd?) in a cardigan did a “plantside chat” in front of a cold fireplace?

Anyway, I agree that an informal setting would work to better effect for Pres. Trump than speaking from the Oval Office.

FWIW, Roosevelt gave only thirty radio “fireside chats” during his entire twelve years in office. It was not a weekly event like Fibber McGee & Molly.