Trump Calls Media The 'Enemy Of The American People'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By KRISTIN SALAKY Published FEBRUARY 17, 2017, 4:58 PM EDT

President Donald Trump continued his crusade against the "fake news media" in a tweet Friday afternoon, calling the press the "enemy of the American People."

Link to tweet

Trump deleted an earlier version of the tweet. The first draft failed to include ABC and CBS under the President's "fake news" umbrella.



The tweet featured a new exclamation at the end, but a similar refrain of railing against the media.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-tweets-deletes-media-attack

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Nixon's ghost still haunts the White House.

[George II]

28. It's not Nixon's ghost, it's ghosts of 1917 and 1933.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Them, too.

[Botany]

2. Why?

Because they are starting to and will publish much more about Trump
and the republican's links to Russia and the rigging of the election.

Trump is a bad liar and he is crapping his pants in fear.

[JudyM]

11. And because He Who Will Not Be Questioned can't stand the heat and opprobrium. He is the Best

President Ever, so if they do not speak of him that way they are ipso facto lying.

[maxsolomon]

3. Don't think about Collusion with Russia

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[Botany]

6. I will not think about Trump's Collusion with Russia

I will not think about Trump's Collusion with Russia

I will not think about Trump's Collusion with Russia

I will not think about Trump's Collusion with Russia

I will not think about Trump's Collusion with Russia

I will not think about Trump's Collusion with Russia

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/24/russians-suspected-hacking-wisconsin-dems/97023222/

[maxsolomon]

12. Look over here! I'm jumping up and down wearing a clown suit!

I'm FASCINATING.

[TranssexualKaren]

25. See earlier spot on the way that the Russians are disappointed in him

In Raw Story there is a piece on how Russian politicians have over the past week grown disillusioned with him. I wonder if his sudden need to step up his game is connected to that.

[murielm99]

4. A big story may be starting to break,

and he knows it.

[maxsolomon]

8. Comey's meeting with Senators?

Problem is, the Senate Dems respect Government and won't leak classified information. They'll say something like "I'm hopping mad".

[murielm99]

10. Maybe that has something to do with it.

That is what I thought of, too.

Maybe this will take a couple of days.

[Phoenix61]

19. I wonder

I think that was true. I'm not sure it still is. At this point leaking information wouldn't be disrespecting the government it would be trying to save America from a crazed cabal that seems intent on destroying it.

[chelsea0011]

5. This sounds like somebody has something to hide.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

7. Washington Post must be feeling really bad about being ignored by Wacko-in-Chief.

[madaboutharry]

9. He needs to be in an institution.

OK, I take that back. He needs to be convicted of treason and sent to prison.

[GeorgeGist]

24. No need to take it back ...

Prisons are institutions.

[Kimchijeon]

13. Calling the media "the enemy"

isn't that something fascists do?

[muriel_volestrangler]

36. It's Volksverraeter - usually translated as "traitor of the people" - Germany's "Worst Word 2016"

Volksverräter literally means "traitor of the people" and is used to denote someone guilty of treason - but it also has strong connotations of the Nazi era.

Along with other words and slogans linked to Adolf Hitler's regime, the word has seen a resurgence among far-right groups.

Jury spokesperson Nina Janich said that members of Germany's far-right movements - including anti-Islam group Pegida and the political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) - use the term to describe politicians in an "undifferentiated and defamatory way".

This usage "strangles serious discussion and, in doing so, the discussions necessary for a democratic society", she added.

https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/traitor-of-the-people-is-germanys-worst-word-of-2016-heres-why

A Nazi 1933 use against journalists, lawyers and politicians:



https://fullfact.org/law/daily-mail-headine-comparison-to-nazis/

(The Daily Mail called UK judges "enemies of the people" for saying parliament had to vote to start the Brexit process a few months ago; that article is about the comparison)

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. Plea for help! SICK - he is projecting!

[Skittles]

15. you're describing yourself, you FASCIST ASSHOLE

[Judi Lynn]

37. Silly orange thing got mixed up. n/t

[Trust Buster]

16. This is just prep work for Sessiions to begin arresting reporters who print intelligence leaks and

hold them until they turn over the identity of their sources. The perp walks are about to begin IMO.

[GeorgeGist]

26. Then Trump will hire ...

Jack Bauer.

[hibbing]

17. I can't keep up with this pace

While Congress dismantles everything that matters to ordinary Americans, there is this big shiny insanity taking place.

Peace

[DeminPennswoods]

18. Don't kid yourself, he LOVES the media

He cannot exist without it. If the broadcast and cable news outlets and print media went a day covering or publishing NO stories about Trump, he'd implode.

[notdarkyet]

20. You are the enemy of the American people. Everything you do is wiith mean,

Nasty and hateful intentions. You can fool some of the people some of the time, like your deplorables. The rest of us have not lost our minds like you, rump. You are going to ruin this country.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

21. They are NOT my enemy - you are my enemy!!

[JudyM]

22. Bizarro World President believes Fox is the only accurate and "real" news source.

[TygrBright]

23. How very Bolshevik of him. n/t

[Blue Idaho]

27. Ignore the distractions - follow the money.

That's how we will take this buffoon down.

[TranssexualKaren]

30. News Flash Donald!!!

I am a member of the American people and they are not my enemy.

[world wide wally]

31. Pardon me, Mr Future ex-President,

I am the American people and you are about the last person I want speaking for me.

[Stuart G]

40. Yes,,,Mr. Futrue ex Pressident...well said...nt

[virtualobserver]

32. someone (like a journalist) is going to get hurt if he keeps escalating this nonsense

incredibly irresponsible

[cstanleytech]

33. Sounds more and more like Trump is taking a page of Goebbels book

and trying to turn the people against the news media, hopefully the people will be wiser this time than they were in Germany.

[sinkingfeeling]

34. No, Comrade, you're the enemy of the American people and democracy.

[Frogg]

35. This one has gone too far...

Now I am crying. Actually crying because of something a repulsive, unselfaware maniac has said...I feel sick.

[EricMaundry]

38. He must know something bad is on the way

... and he's thrashing around desperately trying to stop it.

[Stuart G]

39. k and r....nt...

[Efilroft Sul]

41. We have met the enemy, and he is POTUS.

Apologies to Pogo.

[riversedge]

42. Seems Trumpy learned a new word "sick" te he. But he is still a school-yard bully!

[Cha]

43. The media Except Fake fox news. #one fan