I happened to see the front page of the New YorkTimes this morning. There was the obligatory articles about yesterday's protest marches, but what caught my eye was the article at the top of the page proclaiming that President Trump was "improvising edicts" while his plans were "murky". The Times' "news" story then when on to explain that the Trump White House was just throwing together executive orders in a slap-dash sort of way. It also said that there were no real policies being promoted; everything was being done on an ad hoc basis.
It's bizarre; it is truly bizarre. This wasn't commentary; it was presented as news. So far, Trump has issued two executive orders that were not just housekeeping items. The first was the same as one president Obama issued on his first day in office in 2009 that stopped the issuance of any new regulations until the White House had a chance to review them. The second told the federal agencies to interpret and enforce Obamacare in a way that would minimize the financial burdens on the American people. Those surely don't sound like last minute items thrown together on a whim.
More than that, however, all of America (other than the media and the left) knows what Trump's policies are going to be. Oh, we don't know the details, but we surely know the general outline and goal of his policies. Maybe we should tell the Times. Trump is going to repeal and replace Obamacare. He is going to enforce the immigration laws again and take steps to seal our porous borders. He is going to promote job creation and economic growth by cutting and reorganizing taxes, spending to improve our infrastructure and removing unnecessary and burdensome regulations. He is going to promote new and fairer trade agreements. He is going to restore our military. He is going to promote production of American energy sources of all sorts. There's more, but that should be enough. There's nothing "murky" about this.
In short order, the Times will be proven wrong. To the extent that Trump acts through executive orders (mostly to repeal Obama's executive orders), it will be obvious what the purpose and policy behind those actions are. So why is the Times putting out fake news that will so quickly be revealed as such? And remember, this is not the first time the Times has done this. Right after the election, the Times was busily promoting the story that the Trump transition team was "in chaos". Then the transition proceeded in a very orderly fashion with cabinet selections who will soon be confirmed and who will carry out Trump's policies. In fact, the transition managed to complete its work while spending only about 80% of the amount budgeted for its work, something unheard of in Washington. The Times' story of chaos in the transition was fake news that was promptly shown to be false. And now the Times is trying a new line of attack that will also quickly be shown to be false.
I think that the story is more wishful thinking by the Times editors and reporters than an actual attempt at fake news. The leftist Democrats at the Times just cannot believe that President Trump and his administration is capable of doing anything right. The problem for the Times is that the majority of Americans don't agree with them. They expect that news organizations publish news not fake news that aligns with the writer's political hopes. For many years, the number of people reading the Times has declined. If the Times is not careful, it will lose the last of its readers who are not full fledged members of the delusional Democrat die-hards.
It's bizarre; it is truly bizarre. This wasn't commentary; it was presented as news. So far, Trump has issued two executive orders that were not just housekeeping items. The first was the same as one president Obama issued on his first day in office in 2009 that stopped the issuance of any new regulations until the White House had a chance to review them. The second told the federal agencies to interpret and enforce Obamacare in a way that would minimize the financial burdens on the American people. Those surely don't sound like last minute items thrown together on a whim.
More than that, however, all of America (other than the media and the left) knows what Trump's policies are going to be. Oh, we don't know the details, but we surely know the general outline and goal of his policies. Maybe we should tell the Times. Trump is going to repeal and replace Obamacare. He is going to enforce the immigration laws again and take steps to seal our porous borders. He is going to promote job creation and economic growth by cutting and reorganizing taxes, spending to improve our infrastructure and removing unnecessary and burdensome regulations. He is going to promote new and fairer trade agreements. He is going to restore our military. He is going to promote production of American energy sources of all sorts. There's more, but that should be enough. There's nothing "murky" about this.
In short order, the Times will be proven wrong. To the extent that Trump acts through executive orders (mostly to repeal Obama's executive orders), it will be obvious what the purpose and policy behind those actions are. So why is the Times putting out fake news that will so quickly be revealed as such? And remember, this is not the first time the Times has done this. Right after the election, the Times was busily promoting the story that the Trump transition team was "in chaos". Then the transition proceeded in a very orderly fashion with cabinet selections who will soon be confirmed and who will carry out Trump's policies. In fact, the transition managed to complete its work while spending only about 80% of the amount budgeted for its work, something unheard of in Washington. The Times' story of chaos in the transition was fake news that was promptly shown to be false. And now the Times is trying a new line of attack that will also quickly be shown to be false.
I think that the story is more wishful thinking by the Times editors and reporters than an actual attempt at fake news. The leftist Democrats at the Times just cannot believe that President Trump and his administration is capable of doing anything right. The problem for the Times is that the majority of Americans don't agree with them. They expect that news organizations publish news not fake news that aligns with the writer's political hopes. For many years, the number of people reading the Times has declined. If the Times is not careful, it will lose the last of its readers who are not full fledged members of the delusional Democrat die-hards.
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