Another day, another example of Trump using any given opportunity to call out the “Fake News” agenda.
An event held at the Kennedy Centre in Washington to honour military veterans on Saturday was yet another soapbox for President Trump to fire back at the media who he believes are treating him unfairly.
“The fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House. But I’m president, and they’re not.”
Which, on a fundamental level, is true. The media is not the President.
However, the irony here is that Trump has since stopped the certain parts of the media from going to the White House and reporting on his press briefings.
All of this came, of course, with an accompanying series of tweets:
The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard to convince Republicans and others I should not use social media – but remember, I won….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1 July 2017
….the 2016 election with interviews, speeches and social media. I had to beat #FakeNews, and did. We will continue to WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1 July 2017
All of this occurred just days after Trump was told off by fellow members of the Republican party that his personal attacks on certain reporters had crossed a line, to which Trump didn’t only not apologise, but continued to hurl abuse at those reporters on twitter.
Once again, people called him out for his behaviour online, stating that these particular tweets were not particularly Presidential, and that maybe he shouldn’t be using his personal account to make personal remarks about members of the public like that.
Did Trump respond? Yes.
How did he respond? How do you think he responded…
My use of social media is not Presidential – it’s MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make America Great Again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1 July 2017
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