Donald Trump followed up his tweets announcing the departure [1] of his Interior Secretary Saturday morning with an attack on the press.
It’s unclear what exactly set this off––perhaps a segment on Fox News––but Trump declared the press to be dishonest and said stories that “should be good” for him are bad instead:
Trump tweeted, “Never in the history of our Country has the “press” been more dishonest than it is today. Stories that should be good, are bad. Stories that should be bad, are horrible. Many stories, like with the REAL story on Russia, Clinton & the DNC, seldom get reported. Too bad!”
Never in the history of our Country has the “press” been more dishonest than it is today. Stories that should be good, are bad. Stories that should be bad, are horrible. Many stories, like with the REAL story on Russia, Clinton & the DNC, seldom get reported. Too bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2018 [2]
There is, however, that apparent concession that there are stories Trump admits are bad for him––just that they’re covered as worse than they are.
Trump’s tweet blasting the press comes, of course, on the heels of Michael Cohen‘s sentencing, his interview blasting the President, and Robert Mueller saying again yesterday Michael Flynn lied in his FBI interview.
Twitter had some thoughts:
Stop using your position as president to attack the media. It’s disgraceful. A free and independent press is essential to a healthy democracy.
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) December 15, 2018 [3]
Never in the history of our country have we had a President more corrupt, more criminal, and more immoral than Donald J. Trump. He makes Nixon look like an angel.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) December 15, 2018 [4]
Never in the history of our country has a president been as dishonest as Donald Trump.
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) December 15, 2018 [5]
Trump should change up his predictable Twitter game. His guilt is so transparent.
— Christine (@CJNWrites) December 15, 2018 [6]
People formerly in your administration are pleading guilty left and right. How is it “bad” for the press to report that?
Resign.
— Ed Hall (@Buxley_Hall) December 15, 2018 [7]
Obsessed with Hillary? Change your diaper. (Anti-tRump folks are warmly welcomed to follow me. tRump supporters will be ignored, muted, or blocked.)
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) December 15, 2018 [8]