Funny, not 10 minutes after I saw your thread I read this

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/02/17/donald-trump-calls-the-media-the-enemy-of-the-american-people.html

“Much of the media in Washington, D. C. — along with New York, Los Angeles, in particular — speaks not for the people, but for the special interests and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system,” Trump said early in the news conference, which lasted an hour and 15 minutes. “The press has become so dishonest that if we don’t talk about, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people. Tremendous disservice. We have to talk to find out what’s going on, because the press honestly is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control.”

That night, the Republican Party and Trump’s campaign websites posted a “Mainstream Media Accountability Survey” that asked 25 questions that were worded in a way that would never be allowed in a scientific survey. The survey formalized Trump’s attacks and his insinuation that media outlets are working against the American people. It’s unclear what, if anything, the data will be used for, and participants are required to give their name, email address and Zip code.

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Digital fundraising experts said the media accountability survey appeared designed to keep Trump’s most loyal supporters engaged. People who fill out the questionnaire are taken to a donation page where they are asked to give between $35 and $2,500 — with the option of making a monthly recurring donation.

“President Trump is asking you to go the extra mile and make a contribution to help defend our movement from the outrageous attacks from the media coming our way,” it states. “Contribute now to help us fight back against the media’s attacks and deceptions.”

(By the end of December, Trump had already socked away $7 million into his campaign account, money that officials said they are stockpiling for his 2020 reelection.)

Disgusting. Yet ofcourse the foreign press (Canadian in this instance) is definitely the enemy of the american people as well. Must be fake news.

So the US president is now literally a scam artist.

It still boggles my mind how anyone could vote for him. I knew the US had fucked up their education system bad and that critical thinking is not on the agenda, but this is atrocious. How do you still support someone who has been obviously lying at every juncture of their road to presidency, and is trying their best to stifle freedom of press in favor of hype pieces around their person? All under the guise of 'making America great again' and by accusing literally evreyone who points out his inaccurate 'fact's or just plain doesn't agree with him of lying no matter how well proven their arguments are. The guy basically lives in an alternate reality. Whenever I stop to really think about what the people of the US voted to be their president I'm gobsmacked. Just.....how....?

Funny, not 10 minutes after I saw your thread I read this

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/02/17/donald-trump-calls-the-media-the-enemy-of-the-american-people.html

“Much of the media in Washington, D. C. — along with New York, Los Angeles, in particular — speaks not for the people, but for the special interests and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system,” Trump said early in the news conference, which lasted an hour and 15 minutes. “The press has become so dishonest that if we don’t talk about, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people. Tremendous disservice. We have to talk to find out what’s going on, because the press honestly is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control.”

That night, the Republican Party and Trump’s campaign websites posted a “Mainstream Media Accountability Survey” that asked 25 questions that were worded in a way that would never be allowed in a scientific survey. The survey formalized Trump’s attacks and his insinuation that media outlets are working against the American people. It’s unclear what, if anything, the data will be used for, and participants are required to give their name, email address and Zip code.

.....

Digital fundraising experts said the media accountability survey appeared designed to keep Trump’s most loyal supporters engaged. People who fill out the questionnaire are taken to a donation page where they are asked to give between $35 and $2,500 — with the option of making a monthly recurring donation.

“President Trump is asking you to go the extra mile and make a contribution to help defend our movement from the outrageous attacks from the media coming our way,” it states. “Contribute now to help us fight back against the media’s attacks and deceptions.”

(By the end of December, Trump had already socked away $7 million into his campaign account, money that officials said they are stockpiling for his 2020 reelection.)

Disgusting. Yet ofcourse the foreign press (Canadian in this instance) is definitely the enemy of the american people as well. Must be fake news.

So the US president is now literally a scam artist.

It still boggles my mind how anyone could vote for him. I knew the US had fucked up their education system bad and that critical thinking is not on the agenda, but this is atrocious. How do you still support someone who has been obviously lying at every juncture of their road to presidency, and is trying their best to stifle freedom of press in favor of hype pieces around their person? All under the guise of 'making America great again' and by accusing literally evreyone who points out his inaccurate 'fact's or just plain doesn't agree with him of lying no matter how well proven their arguments are. The guy basically lives in an alternate reality. Whenever I stop to really think about what the people of the US voted to be their president I'm gobsmacked. Just.....how....?