Donald Trump continued his war with the media on Friday, February 17, taking to Twitter as he has become known for doing, to discredit some of the biggest networks in television for their reporting, and declare them America's enemy.
"The FAKE NEWS media is not my enemy ... it is the enemy of the American People," he tweeted. Trump's message wasn't a mere dismissal of the general field of obscure websites and publications presenting baseless reporting. He tagged five major news networks in the tweet, adding NBC News, ABC and CBS to past foe New York Times, and current perceived rival CNN.
President Trump's focus on media "attacks" has increasingly presented itself as a strategy he has figured to use in the likeness of the rogue presidential candidate Trump. Characterized by many as a populist for his having exploited the Tea Party rhetoric he helped construct with years of Obama birther claims, Trump's willingness to call the media out before cynical supporters was one of the strengths of his campaign. Nearly one month into office, it appears that he has no intention to let up. With former Breitbart editor Steve Bannon by his side, Trump is turning questions of his controversial executive orders and Russian scandal, back on news agencies, daily, with accusations of a media conspiracy to take him out of office.
Source: twitter.com
