Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:34 pm
The press continues to disappoint the American people by refusing to hold Trump accountable and ask him serious questions.
Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg Politics tweeted this interaction between Trump and the press poll:
Will Trump live in DC?
"Yes, White House," he told press pool at Bedminster.
Melania & Barron?
"Very soon. After he’s finished with school.â€To get more stories like this, subscribe to our newsletter The Daily.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 20, 2016
Trump has finally let the press pool go somewhere with him, and the question that they have for him is when are your wife and kid moving to DC. They didn’t ask him why he is spending his time fighting with a Broadway musical and a late night comedy show instead of getting ready to be president.
It is as if the political press has become Entertainment Tonight and Trump is promoting a new season of The Apprentice.
The pool did ask Trump if he had picked his secretary of state yet:
Decided on secretary of state?
"Not yet," Trump tells reporters outside his weekend getaway spot at his private golf course in Bedminster NJ— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 20, 2016
If this is the kind of treatment that we can expect the mainstream political press to give President Trump, the American people will be very disappointed.
Our next president has no policies? “No biggie,” says the media. The real burning question is when are your wife and kid moving to DC?
A man who has never specifically made public his plans for the country is set to become president, and the press is acting like this is totally normal.
Unless the American people hold the media accountable, the press will never hold Donald Trump accountable. We get that Trump is scary to you, but our nation needs the free press to step and do your jobs.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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