Donald And The Press

The press can be like a pack of wolves baiting the bear, nipping at his heels, making him look like a jerk, a bully, a dictator, un-Presidential.

I am no public relations expert--almost no one likes me, and no one listens to me--but it appears to me that Donald is painting himself into a corner.

He is unscripted: that is his charm and his character flaw. He is politically incorrect, and that could lead him to conservative wisdom if his New York Republican, RINO inclinations are not who he really is, which I fear is the case.

Most of the press are socialists that hate Republicans, hate conservative, hate America. They are an appendage of the Democratic Party. They are hardcore, no-compromise, dedicated, Leftist ideologues. This we all know.

Obama was a Leftist dictator, and that is unacceptable if we are to restore the constitutional republic. Trump as a fascist, dictator is equally unacceptable.

He has the manner of a dictator, who hates press criticism, and their unwillingness to give him any credit, to undercut his narrative. The tendency of a Putin is to imprison those who stand against him, wiping out any free speech and voiced opposition, publicly stated.

I am afraid that Trump has the same tendencies, but I do not know at this point if he would act upon his tendencies, or if he is just yapping. I hope it is the latter.

Let us assume that Trump will not seek to wipe out and independent, and opposing Press. They will be in conflict and at war as long as he is President.

He needs to go to the people directly and explain to them, his stance on a free press.

First, he must reassure the people, that he will never seek to suppress a free press, no matter how lying, corrupt, poisonous, slanderous and brainwashing that they are.

Second, he must promise the citizens and the Press that he will hold press conferences and keep the Press able to reach him, to fight him directly, to attack him, and able to try trap him with gotcha moments, no matter how painful such exchanges are. He is answerable to the Press and to the people, so he must keep the lines of communication fresh, current and mutual, no matter how unfair, nasty and duplicitous the discredited press is.

Third, he must promise the people and the press that the war will go on every day that he is in office, but that he will seek to fight back against their defamation, unfavorable characterizations, and their false narrative, countering with his own verbal attacks, corrective characterizations and the truth, from his point of view.

Fourth, he will have a lawyer at his side before he tweets to make sure that he is not getting out of line.

Fifth, he will promise and receive coaching to  find that fine line between being verbally assertive and fighting back, without making himself look petty and whiny by wasting time on every insult and every cruel accusation that the Leftist haters and loonies hurl at him.

Sixth, he must promise the people that he will pursue his conservative agenda, and that he will first and foremost do the people's business, not distracted by being thin-skinned and infuriated by very hurtful things thrown at him out there every day.  He has a job to do, and needs to get on with it, without too much attention wasted by empty, distracting clashing with a press so eager to bait him into looking not fit or mature enough to be Commander-In-Chief.

If he explains all of this to the Public, and follows it, millions and millions of average people will rally to his cause because they hate the Press too.

That wait he is not a hapless victim of a hostile, disingenuous press.