Edit: Just to clarify, my stance here is not “ignore everything Trump.” He has done and will do quite a lot of things that warrant attention and concern. He’s also a serial liar and world class bullshitter. A human testament to the phrase, “actions speak louder than words.” Donald Trump’s political success has always hinged on the fact that people are quick to forget that. He’s already working overtime to distract from the fact that the majority of his campaign promises were just lies and the sooner he can make the people who voted for him forget all the pie in the sky shit they were promised, the better.
They’ve been doing that non-stop for the past decade and made millions over millions from that
Do you really believe they’d stop today?
All media/journalism is struggling to make ends meet and no one in (real) media wants Trump to be in power. This cynical theory of the media is fucking stupid.
Oh yeah, they are indeed struggling to make ends meet which is exactly why they’re doing this because THIS is what makes them money. Outrage sells so if they have to sell trump, they sell trump.
Is it cynical? I’m sure it is, it’s also what it is
That’s so fucking stupid! They’re covering it because it’s news!
I don’t remember where I heard this, but it’s stuck with me “Liberals take Trump literally and have never taken him seriously.”
It’s one of the stupidest most pathetic excuses downplaying the serious things Trump is saying. It’s appropriate to take Trump seriously and literally.
You really fucking believe he wouldn’t nuke a hurricane? Why would you believe that? He does all sorts of stupid things. Sometimes he’s told no and the morons take it as evidence that he wasn’t ever serious.
The incoming president has declared his intent to expand the borders of the US north and south. That’s news. If you don’t take that seriously and literally, you’re just burying your head in the sand. Stop spreading this mindless denialism.
A lot of things he says, he’s incapable of either doing or has the follow through of doing it. What a gross misreading of what I wrote. Your alarmism is a weak coping mechanism. Grow up.
You are fundamentally incorrect.
That was the path before the election. A lot of clickbait headlines linking to his platform that exposed his “alternate facts basis” for evil. Now the attitude won’t make him go away anymore.
The thing is though his name in the spin machine is what he wants. There is an entire industry making money off that news. Its a post truth world my guy
You can’t ignore the truth in order to banish the post-truth confusion. He gets his name in the spin machine because he won the presidency. Get used to it and don’t pretend trying to hide from it is a successful strategy.
it’s one thing if you need to check out of the news for your mental health but “don’t feed the toddler attention” isn’t a suitable approach to the presidency’s use by the 78 year old whose orders will be taken seriously and literally.
I swear it’s just one dead cat after another with this guy. It’s like someone is feeding him this nonsense to keep him busy, and by extension, the media and most of us.
He’s already working overtime to distract from the fact that the majority of his campaign promises were just lies and the sooner he can make the people who voted for him forget all the pie in the sky shit they were promised, the better.
That too. Good call, OP.
I encourage everyone to call non-news what it is - a distraction - until it’s actually a thing that’s happening. In the meantime, consider browsing the AP to read what’s actually happening that’s being masked by all this noise.
Trump is actually threatening to invade Panama, that’s not just a ‘distraction.’
Trump actually did try and lock Hillary Clinton up, it wasn’t just bullshit.
I despise the extent to which denialism hides in believing that if we ignore or don’t report on the facts of Trump’s terrifying actions (speeches are actions) that will somehow improve the situation.