As predicted, the media is freaking out over Trump’s tweet about Charlottesville this morning, even though they were demanding and begging and cajoling that he do what he did for over a year.
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I understand the complaint. Trump seems to indulge in dog whistle rhetoric because it will piss off the libs, but he does it just enough in order to be able to deny it. This is a great way to excite his base, not so much to govern a nation.
BUT, we have to notice that Trump gets slammed by the media when he doesn’t do what they want, and then he gets slammed by the media when he DOES what they want. So, the rationale that he should do whatever he wants since he’s going to get slammed anyway kinda makes sense. The media can’t see this though, they just see a target conceding a point that they can trounce all over. And that’s why so many discount anything that comes out of the mainstream media. Right there.