President Trump’s challenges from the news media and protesters are a factor during his historic and timely trip to Britain and France this week. “Just…
President Trump’s challenges from the news media and protesters are a factor during his historic and timely trip to Britain and France this week.
“Just arrived in the United Kingdom. The only problem is that CNN is the primary source of news available from the U. S. After watching it for a short while, I turned it off. All negative & so much Fake News, very bad for U. S.” Mr. Trump tweeted on arrival in perhaps not-so-jolly Old England.
“When the world watches CNN, it gets a false picture of the U. S. A. Sad!” Mr. Trump noted in a follow-up tweet.
Indeed. But news organizations across the pond are just as eager to gnash their teeth at the president — or raise conspiratorial possibilities, such as suggesting there was a “secret message” in first lady Melania Trump’s choice of wardrobe for the occasion. The overseas press will be — to use a British fox-hunting phrase — in full cry Tuesday, when a particularly large protest is planned for Mr. Trump’s meeting with outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May.
Yes, well.
No matter what the president does, the global media “would still vilify him,” writes Lee Cohen, a senior fellow in at the London Center for Policy Research, and the New York Director of the Anglosphere Society.
“Trump could accomplish a lot with his visit. He could encourage the government transition to resolve Brexit, spearhead a U. S.-U. K. trade deal, make the world safer from the actions of Iran and China. Heck, he could even announce a cure for cancer and resurrect Winston Churchill while in Britain and still the press won’t give him a break. But you can bet the whole world will be watching.”
TRUMP’S GOT FANS IN IRELAND
Press coverage would suggest that the entire British Isles dislikes President Trump. Not so. There is one place in Ireland where President Trump is beloved, and they can’t wait for his arrival this week.
