Trump's top adviser is ... Fox News
Trump's top adviser is ... Fox News
by digby
Before it gets lost in the shuffle of White House gossip from Wolff's new book, it's important to note that President Trump tweeted this insane statement on Tuesday night:
What's weird about it is that the news of Kim's speech where he said he had a button on his desk was given a few days ago. Trump was still playing golf down in Florida but one would have assumed it would be part of his intelligence briefing. So what set him off days later?
Well, this:
That story came at 7:37 pm. Trump's tweet came at 7:49.
Of course that wasn't the only freaky twitter behavior:
The tweet was just one of many inflammatory statements by Trump over a long day of bizarre tweeting that included everything from fanning the flames of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to attempting to take credit for airplanes being safe , calling for the prosecution of a top aide to Hillary Clinton , attacking the new publisher of the New York Times , and plugging Lou Dobbs’s show on the Fox Business Network . Along the way, he also reiterated a New Year’s Day dig at Pakistan.
It’s a puzzling array of topics that at first glance appears to defy any explanation as a communications strategy or a set of policy priorities.
It's Fox:
Everything from Trump’s alarming suggestion that the Justice Department prosecute former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin to his absurd contention that he deserves credit for an aviation safety streak that dates back to 2009 had its origins in a Fox News segment.
This was supposed to be his first day back at work. He spent most of it watching Fox News.
Of course he probably had to take his mind off of the Wolff book which he undoubtedly knew was going to be published in excerpts this week.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/trumps-top-adviser-is-fox-news.html
Morning and evening, he tweeted about things he was watching on Fox News.
Why isn't he embarrassed by that?
Why aren't his family and his real life advisers appalled and distressed?
Where is the right wing outrage of what amounts to state sponsored news. If President Obama had had anything remotely approaching such a cozy relationship with a "news" source the wailing would be at dangerous decibel levels. The constant claims of fake news alone are intended to create disbelief and distrust for any but the approved and reliable source, which curiously is the polar opposite of that description. The words are intellectual poison and are succeeding with those less attuned to critical thinking and subject to better and easier manipulation and control. These manifestations are way beyond the intellectual abilities of the sitting POTUS and introspection needs to determine really who is the puppet master in play.
Don't you remember the outrage over "The Clinton News Network" aka CNN?
Yes, Mentally Stable Males still consider President Obama as one of the best President's we've ever had. Sure, there are many forgetful old xenophobes (FOX) who still hate him, they're still whining about their ancestors losing the civil war so they'll never be happy about a black man being far more educated than they are.
But can you name ONE time where Obama pulled crap literally verbatim from these so called FAKE MSM? Just ONE
Hell you all on the right went ape shit when Obama made a off hand remark about finding out about the IRS incident via media sites! Boy Y'all beat that dead horse to shreds, but it's still nowhere near this level of idiocy!
They probably are but they are a rabid pack of "yes" people. They don't want to bite the hand that feeds them, even though what he feeds them is bs.
Seriously John, after almost a year, you should know better than to think that Trump can be embarrassed.
Same thing John. His family are shameless and his real life advisors are toadies. They can't be embarrassed either. They're oblivious to it.
Can you imagine being one of Trump's advisors? The frustration?
People are worried about something Hillary Clinton said 10 years ago but are not concerned that the president of the United States formulates his opinions based on what he sees on a propaganda television network.
No one will ever be wrong underestimating the intelligence level of the public.
Taking news advice from FOX news is like taking dating advice from a nun.
No wonder Trump is so uninformed.
....More like a serial rapist!
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