Arjuna
.338 Win Mag
Trump made history as a president-elect by forging a deal to save over 1,000 jobs headed to Mexico. And he was just getting started.
That night in Cincinnati, Trump began a “thank you” tour in front of a jubilant crowd of 15,000 people. Imagine that — any politician, let alone a president-elect, using his first appearance to thank voters instead of privately thanking donors. That’s populism for you.
If you didn’t see the Cincinnati speech, watch it online and read the transcript. I find two main takeaways.
First, Trump is not forgiving the national liberal media for its savage bias. Several times he referred to the press corps in the arena as “dishonest,” and each time the crowd followed his cue with loud, sustained booing
In response, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post, who was tweeting snarky lines all night, said on Twitter: “Boo the press if you want. Then imagine what society would be like without a free press.”
The self-righteousness is hilarious, and Cillizza’s contempt for Trump and his supporters is unprofessional. He and others like him abandoned basic journalism standards to engage in partisan warfare, and haven’t stopped.
They hide behind the First Amendment as if, without them, America would be lost. In fact, democracy prevailed despite them. They violated the public trust and have forfeited any claim to represent anyone except themselves. The national media is just another special-interest group and should be treated as such.
rump did just that by making an important announcement at the rally: that retired Marine Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis was his pick to be secretary of defense.
Never before has such an important decision been released directly to the public without being filtered through the media. This time, the media got the news the same time the crowd and live TV audience did, and the public got Trump’s boisterous praise for Mattis before the media could interject knee-jerk put downs.
Trump understood the significance of what he was doing, teasing the crowd by saying, “Don’t tell anyone.” He finished the segment by saying Mattis is “the closest thing to General George Patton that we have, and it’s about time,” which brought another roar of approval. That’s populism, too.
The election offers many hopes, but nothing is guaranteed. The only thing certain is that America won the chance to rise again.
Trump is mapping out his plan to put ‘America first’ | New York Post
That night in Cincinnati, Trump began a “thank you” tour in front of a jubilant crowd of 15,000 people. Imagine that — any politician, let alone a president-elect, using his first appearance to thank voters instead of privately thanking donors. That’s populism for you.
If you didn’t see the Cincinnati speech, watch it online and read the transcript. I find two main takeaways.
First, Trump is not forgiving the national liberal media for its savage bias. Several times he referred to the press corps in the arena as “dishonest,” and each time the crowd followed his cue with loud, sustained booing
In response, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post, who was tweeting snarky lines all night, said on Twitter: “Boo the press if you want. Then imagine what society would be like without a free press.”
The self-righteousness is hilarious, and Cillizza’s contempt for Trump and his supporters is unprofessional. He and others like him abandoned basic journalism standards to engage in partisan warfare, and haven’t stopped.
They hide behind the First Amendment as if, without them, America would be lost. In fact, democracy prevailed despite them. They violated the public trust and have forfeited any claim to represent anyone except themselves. The national media is just another special-interest group and should be treated as such.
rump did just that by making an important announcement at the rally: that retired Marine Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis was his pick to be secretary of defense.
Never before has such an important decision been released directly to the public without being filtered through the media. This time, the media got the news the same time the crowd and live TV audience did, and the public got Trump’s boisterous praise for Mattis before the media could interject knee-jerk put downs.
Trump understood the significance of what he was doing, teasing the crowd by saying, “Don’t tell anyone.” He finished the segment by saying Mattis is “the closest thing to General George Patton that we have, and it’s about time,” which brought another roar of approval. That’s populism, too.
The election offers many hopes, but nothing is guaranteed. The only thing certain is that America won the chance to rise again.
Trump is mapping out his plan to put ‘America first’ | New York Post
