Posted on 02/24/2018 5:17:35 AM PST by Kaslin
On Friday, President Trump addressed the largest crowd of conservative activists in the history of CPAC. It was another memorable Trump speech, listing his many accomplishments and encouraging the crowd to support Republican candidates in the mid-term elections. For 80 minutes, the President discussed an array of issues such as tax cuts, judicial appointments, immigration and the strong economy.
To the delight of the crowd, Trump claimed that “we have got seven years to go folks.” Of course, this did not thrill the President’s many enemies in the national news media. MSNBC’s Ali Veshi said the President’s speech was similar to what he has “heard from Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro or Erdogan. President Putin gives something like this every year, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used to give speeches like this.” Both Veshi and his co-host, Stephanie Ruhle claimed that the speech was filled with “lies.” They were also aggravated that the President discussed 31 topics but did not mention Russia. Hey, Ali and Stephanie, since there is no collusion or obstruction of justice, why should he mention a “fake news” story like Russia?
This kind of media abuse directed at the President is nothing new. Ever since Donald Trump officially entered the presidential race on June 16, 2015, the national news media has treated him with total disdain. It has been even worse since he was elected President despite their best efforts. Since that time, liberal cable news outlets like CNN and MSNBC have devoted almost their entire broadcast schedule to attacking his personality, his temperament and his administration’s agenda.
Donald Trump has received the worst media coverage of any President in modern American history. According to a recent study by the Media Research Center, the press coverage of the President by the major broadcast networks has been negative 91% of the time.
With such hatred toward the President, it must be especially upsetting for his critics to see the recent upsurge in his approval rating. In the latest Rasmussen survey, President Trump registered a strong 50% approval rating, his highest level of support since June of last year.
At this point in his administration, Barack Obama had only a 45% approval rating. Incredibly, Trump with almost universal media condemnation is more popular than Obama, who received undying adulation and praise from the press.
The same so-called journalists who idolized Barack Obama have been relentlessly hounding President Trump about non-existent “Russian collusion.” One Trump critic, Jeff Zeleny of CNN, once asked President Obama at a news conference what “enchanted him the most” about the position. This type of fawning behavior was typical of how the media treated Barack Obama. They made obsequious comments and asked President Obama no probing questions that would ever upset him. The lap dog media during the Obama years has become a rabid attack dog media during the Trump administration.
Fortunately, more Americans understand the nature of the liberal mainstream news media. Consequently, millions of Americans are consuming more of their news from other sources such as news websites, talk radio and social media. This is a good development and explains why the President has been able to grow in popularity despite the daily negative media onslaught against him. In contrast, the ratings for CNN have plummeted recently as Americans turn away from their hateful coverage of President Trump.
It also helps that President Trump has an extremely loyal base of supporters who will stand with him no matter what criticism he encounters. This bond was established during the campaign when he stood firm on the key issues and did not back down in the face of unrelenting criticism.
Another major factor in the President's surging popularity is the tax reform bill that passed Congress last December. The bill is associated with President Trump and as more Americans appreciate the many benefits of the bill, his popularity will continue to rise.
The Democrats and the news media denounced the tax cut bill, but Americans are getting raises, and bonuses and are starting to see more money in their paychecks. The reality of their improving financial situation is trumping the “fake news” being delivered by the President's many media critics.
With an improving economy and a rising approval rating for President Trump, the Republicans have a better chance of retaining control of Congress in the mid-term elections. This is news that will not enchant the liberal news media, which will start to wonder why their abusive treatment of the President is not working. Luckily, the American people are starting to understand what the liberal media is all about.
Couldn’t agree more.
It will take many years to repair the Obama damage...
No surprise to me that Trump out shines odumbo.
Hey, there needs to be a bit of competition. We can’t let the magic negro run away with this?
What about Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, FDR, perhaps a host of other candidates, maybe even LBJ and I didn’t have sex with that woman, have a shot.
At least a decade.
Not that the others you mentioned weren't bad.
....they weren’t muzzies...
“if you want your doctor, you can keep your doctor”
“and Mexico will pay for the wall”
The worst president AND the WORST assembled administration. Obama not only destroyed the Oval Office but he totally inundated the entire Executive branch with entrenched Leftist bureaucrats and weaponized the CIA, NSA, IRS, DOJ, FBI. . .and more.
Ebola?
The Democrats hate the tax bill because they knew this would be the result. Letting people keep their own hard earned money is heresy to the left.
I don't know how he does it. I try to model my simple life with his brand of stamina.
Your average Joe six-pack is more intelligent than the media elites, and just about everyone knows it by now.
“It will take many years to repair the Obama damage.”
What gets me is that now his (obama) library’s public estimated cost is $175,000,000, for the taxpayer. So obama is still having fun ripping off the American taxpayer, which galls the he_ _ out of me. That’s all obama and his brood and thugs were good for is ripping off the American Taxpayer as much as he could. I really wonder if obama and his thugs will ever have to answer for their crimes. With Sessions in the position of AG, I think not.
There is an aspect of the Media/Trump “relationship” that could use a mention.
When I first heard Trump’s intention to run for the White House, I merely smiled and dismissed him. After all, any American has the right to Run for Office.
The more he said the more disdainful and hysterical the media became. Oh OH. I began to listen to Trump and follow the ever-increasing bellowing of the press TV and Print.
The MORE the media hysteria grew, to this day, the more people paid attention to Trump and thus he won.
The “Fake News Media” does deserve some of the credit, unintended thought, for he who sits in the White House.
You said it and I agree completely.
“The Democrats hate the tax bill because they knew this would be the result.”
It’s a lose-lose for them. First, Trump’s tax cuts cause people to like and trust him. Second, not one Rat voted for the cuts, so there’s that. It’s going to be gold when the GOP ads for 2018 roll out.
How can we get rid of our respect for the media? It is our enemy, the enemy of all the People. It is leftist propaganda, and you’d think even leftists would prefer truth. I would prefer actual truth to the BS propaganda we heard about George Bush (pick one).
As long as we still turn drooling to them when a catastrophe happens or even for the traffic and weather, they own us. What can we do? It is as if only the Weekly World News exists.
The same so-called journalists who idolized Barack Obama have been relentlessly hounding President Trump about non-existent “Russian collusion.” One Trump critic, Jeff Zeleny of CNN, once asked President Obama at a news conference what “enchanted him the most” about the position. This type of fawning behavior was typical of how the media treated Barack Obama. They made obsequious comments and asked President Obama no probing questions that would ever upset him. The lap dog media during the Obama years has become a rabid attack dog media during the Trump administration.
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