Events That Go Unnoticed

Two major moves came from the Trump administration this week that the media is just choosing to ignore.  First, the USA imposed sanctions on a group of individuals and companies for their doing business with North Korea in a way that helps that country's nuclear program.  Nearly all those sanctioned were either Chinese or Russian.  Under Obama, the USA just winked at such behavior.  It practiced strategic patience (a fancy way of saying "doing nothing") with the NK's and watched others violated supposed sanctions as well.  President Trump has changed that policy.  No doubt both the Chinese and the Russians are annoyed that their companies have been sanctioned.  Second, the USA withheld $300 million in aid to Egypt due to that country's failures regarding human rights violations. 

So why has the media ignored these two stories?  To be fair, there was some mention of the Egyptian story, but it was mostly about how the American move interfered with the visit to Egypt of the task force led by Jared Kushner.  There was almost complete silence about why the funds were withheld.  After all, the media can't have President Trump pushing for human rights; he's a Nazi, right?  It ruins the narrative.  And when it comes to imposing sanctions on Russians, well, we surely can't be told about that.  Trump is just a puppet for Putin, right?  He would never do anything that might be detrimental to Russia, right?

The silence on these two inconvenient stories by the media discloses the agenda of that group.