Der Spiegel on Trump... Don won't frame this one)

[Panich52]

Check out @speechboy71's Tweet:

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[Warpy]

1. Screw Twitter, Der Spiegel has the best rundown out there on his trip

and they have thoughtfully provided an English translation for us:

Donald Trump is a creation of the media age: Without journalists and television, he would never have become famous and likely would not have ascended to the presidency. As a result, Trump's relationship to the media is obsessive. It is his mirror, into which he gazes several times each day, his echo chamber, the justification for his existence. He watches a lot of television, showing a distinct preference for Fox News, and reads newspapers primarily to confirm his suspicion that they write nothing but tripe.

Trump's White House predecessors used to hold regular press conferences during extended trips to keep journalists informed. But Trump's team has decided that the risk is too great that their boss might lose his temper in the face of an uncomfortable question. Breitbart and other right-wing news outlets that are fans of Trump, after all, remained at home in the United States. Softball questions wouldn't be likely.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-president-trump-can-t-escape-troubles-on-the-road-a-1149424.html

The whole article is a blow-by-hand slap account of the whole trip and it's worse than we thought.

[Hekate]

4. Thanks, I think. What a freaking nightmare.

[leftstreet]

5. Good God

Thanks for posting that!



Although, this is hopeful:

"Trump is not the first president to have sought refuge by traveling abroad. In 1974, Richard Nixon also traveled to Saudi Arabia and Israel in order to temporarily escape the Watergate scandal. The trip had been intended as a way to divert attention and present Nixon as a dignified statesman. But the plan failed miserably and he resigned not long after his return."

[Panich52]

7. Yep

[Scurrilous]

2. K&R

[triron]

3. Funny (NOT) how our media ignores this from Der Spiegel!

[3catwoman3]

6. Das ist...

...riichtig.