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G_j

(40,372 posts) Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:25 PM Jun 2018

After meeting with North Korean dictator, Trump calls press America's 'biggest enemy'

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/13/media/trump-tweet-media/index.html

By Brian Stelter June 13, 2018: 12:18 PM ET

Hours after returning from a trip where he lavished praise on one of the world's worst dictators, President Trump declared that America's biggest enemy is... "fake news."

He singled out NBC and CNN in his angry tweet on Wednesday.

Trump frequently portrays the news media as one of his enemies, but rarely has he been this blunt about it. Wednesday's tweet harkens back to February 2017, when he called several news outlets "the enemy of the American People!"

He was roundly criticized back then. This time, there's been a somewhat more muted reaction, perhaps because he is repeating himself. But it's important to recognize just how extreme this rhetoric is.
No modern American president has publicly spoken this way about the press.

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After meeting with North Korean dictator, Trump calls press America's 'biggest enemy' (Original Post) G_j Jun 2018 OP

He is right...a free press is the enemy of any despot or dictator wannabee beachbum bob Jun 2018 #1

Our country's biggest enemy is the fake president. procon Jun 2018 #2

"Why did they never report the Bowling Green Massacre?" struggle4progress Jun 2018 #3

In trump speak that means... duforsure Jun 2018 #4

The press is not, but state propaganda machines like FOX noise is our biggest enemy Johonny Jun 2018 #5

Not the first time he's said this gratuitous Jun 2018 #6

K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #7

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. He is right...a free press is the enemy of any despot or dictator wannabee

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Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:33 PM

Jun 2018

procon

(15,805 posts)

2. Our country's biggest enemy is the fake president.

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Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:54 PM

Jun 2018

So funny to watch the Fake News, especially NBC and CNN. They are fighting hard to downplay the deal with North Korea. 500 days ago they would have “begged” for this deal-looked like war would break out. Our Country’s biggest enemy is the Fake News so easily promulgated by fools!

Link to tweet

This was definitely not written by Trump! He doesn’t even know the difference between “to” and “too”, let alone the word “promulgated”.

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)

3. "Why did they never report the Bowling Green Massacre?"

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Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:56 PM

Jun 2018

duforsure

(11,885 posts)

4. In trump speak that means...

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Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:59 PM

Jun 2018

... his biggest enemy is the truth.

Johonny

(20,975 posts)

5. The press is not, but state propaganda machines like FOX noise is our biggest enemy

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Wed Jun 13, 2018, 04:15 PM

Jun 2018

Unfortunately Trump sees FOX is news and reality as fake news because he's no smarter than his followers.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

6. Not the first time he's said this

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 04:21 PM

Jun 2018

But for some reason, our faultless news media don't seem to take him seriously. Last year, during the murderous rampage in Charlottesville, Trump's rabid followers were chanting about blood and soil, a direct echo of Nazi slogans from 1930s Germany. This past weekend, Trump's media mouthpieces and aides talked about a stab in the back at the G-7 conference. This is a page lifted directly out of the Nazi playbook. Now, Trump reiterates his earlier statement that the free press is the country's biggest enemy.

Response from that same free press? Undetectable. Now you know why Martin Niemoller said what he said.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

7. K&R

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Wed Jun 13, 2018, 05:18 PM

Jun 2018

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