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Poor Donald Trump. He is so misunderstood, what with all those people accurately quoting him and fact-checking his every statement for accuracy. You know, because he lies all the time. So Trump tweeted this morning in defense of all his tweeting, claiming that the media won’t cover him accurately so he’s forced to tweet:
If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to "tweet." Sadly, I don't know if that will ever happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2016
This is probably meant to be an excuse for his failure to hold a press conference since this summer too. If so, it doesn’t work. It is remarkable that Trump would prefer to face constant ridicule for his unhinged all-hours tweeting at imagined provocations.
And his excuse here doesn’t begin to explain why, if he must tweet, why he sounds so unhinged and divorced from reality. And let’s face it: it’s just as easy to quote a tweet as it is a speech.
An easy remedy to his media woes – one that would benefit not only Trump but all Americans – would be honesty: simply tell the truth for a change. Rely on facts rather than propaganda and wishful thinking.
Sadly, to quote Donald Trump, I don’t know if that will ever happen!
Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
