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They can’t help themselves

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President Trump’s tweets take probably no more than 20 minutes of his day. Most of his day goes to meetings and phone calls leading to policy speeches and actions. For months, we’ve seen speeches and policy actions from him that the media didn’t cover much – if at all.

In the clip linked here, Rep. Scott Taylor (R – VA) tells it straight to a CNN anchordummy, Alisyn Camerota: He’s playing you, with this Twitter stuff. For your own good, you have to rebalance your coverage toward the news.

Visibly frustrated, she tries to stay on the attack with Taylor. But near the end, this exchange:

Taylor: You’ve got a lot of other things to cover.

Camerota: I agree. We would love to be able to move on. We would love to be able to talk about substance.

Perhaps she never heard of Free Will? She, or at least the producers and bosses who script her prompter, can talk about policy matters – any time they want.

It’s bizarre for them to play victim. “Oh, he put something challenging on Twitter again! Now we have to give it wall-to-wall coverage! We can’t just do 2 minutes and go on! And he eats all the ice creams!!1!!!”

I see Trump’s strategy now. It’s a brand-poisoning exercise. Trump is triggering the media to self-destroy their brand; to put themselves in the political fray, with their own pettiness and weakness on display.

UPDATE: Neil Cavuto calling it Fake News, that the media would flip out over Trump’s tweets as “advocating violence” – while having ignored the Left’s own, very real violence for a long time.

From the comments: Victor Davis Hanson. He orchestrates details like a maestro, reminding you of things you’d forgotten. (Obama trash-talking Sean Hannity, anyone?)

Comments

  1. Trumps tweets are an unfiltered view into the mind of the most intelligent thought leader of the conservative movement.

    They show a petty, liar who thinks global warming is a Chinese conspiracy.

    Sad.

  3. The Press as long as I can remember (from the early 70’s) has been the Left’s most strongest and most weapon for attack and defense. Reagan (the teflon President) didn’t let them bother him, but he also ignored them. Trump sensed the frustration and anger out there and attacked, whether before or after he was attacked take your pick. He knew the reaction he would get (they are incapable of anything else) and exploited it. And yes you’re right he’s just letting them finishing burying themselves credibility wise. I think he has won, I think as I have said before the Press is now just trying to keep it from being a rout of their side.

  4. Shhhh.. Never interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake.

    Want proof? Read lil letter mike’s comments.

    Trump has reduced the media to kittens following a laser pointer. Rush got it exactly right.

  5. Except the President’s tweets are just small window into his brain. As commenting here doesn’t actually profile mike’s brain (I’m ::assuming:: he’s more than just an active snowflake). The Representative in the clip is correct & whatsherface really does seem clueless as to where she can actually find newsworthy actions & statements by the President. Which is odd. They only think he’s tweeting. They’re in their own little anti-Trump world with two or three channels.

  7. a petty, liar who thinks global warming is a Chinese conspiracy. Sad.

    Not saying that’s true, but mike: if it is: then why couldn’t the Democrats beat him? It’s even sadder that Crooked Hillary is the candidate who couldn’t beat Donald Trump.

    ROTFLMAO šŸ™‚

  8. The left wing news media doesn’t care about news. They are like the National Enquirer and TMZ combined. Shameful that they act like adolescent girls.

  9. “I see Trumpā€™s strategy now. Itā€™s a brand-poisoning exercise. Trump is triggering the media to self-destroy their brand; to put their own pettiness and weakness on display.”

    I’ve been suspecting the same ever since ~ February.

  10. Victor Davis Hanson totally nails it. I bow to the master on “Trump’s high-stake tweeting.”

    Yet that said, there are lots of uncertainties about consequences of the latest round of Trumpā€™s seemingly counterproductive tweets, right on the eve of the most important legislative challenges, health care and tax reform, of his young presidencyā€”and at a time when he is regaining momentum, successfully engaging world leaders and issuing executive orders that are overturning the prior eight years of ā€œfundamental transformationā€ of the country.

    Is ad hominem tweeting, then, endangering or empowering Trumpā€™s agenda? Or both? Or neither?

    Read the whole thing. Click the link and linger over the words.