Why Is President Trump Campaigning In The Liberal Media?

[corbe]

Why Is President Trump Campaigning In The Liberal Media?
 
It is not uncommon for an incumbent president to blitz the establishment media as part of a re-elect campaign. Donald Trump is not the typical incumbent candidate.

By Warren Henry   
June 25, 2019
 
President Trump officially kicked off his re-election bid at a major rally in Orlando, Florida on June 18. But he unofficially launched it two days earlier in a special “20/20” interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC. As is often the case, what the campaign does is at least as important as what it says.

The headlines from the Stephanopoulos interview concerned Trump’s comments about whether he would accept opposition research from foreign sources, which had some asking why Trump would spend 30 hours with a former Bill Clinton operative. The same sorts of questions could be asked about his in-depth cover story interview with Time magazine and his wide-ranging chat on “Meet The Press” with Chuck Todd, whom he has repeatedly called “Sleepy Eyes.”

It is not uncommon for an incumbent president to blitz the establishment media as part of a re-elect campaign. Donald Trump is not the typical incumbent candidate. As National Review’s Rich Lowry once wrote, the establishment media is to the Trump coalition what the Soviet Union was to the Reagan coalition: an Evil Empire that glues its foes together.

Trump has held fewer press conferences than his five predecessors. In January, he told his press secretary to stop holding press briefings. The line has been that Trump gets his message out through conservative outlets and social media.

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https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/25/president-trump-campaigning-liberal-media/

[EdJames]

He be trying to reach people that don't watch FNC or read Breitbart....

[Bigun]

Because that is where the people he needs to convince are.

[Sanguine]

This reads more like filler than anything.

[corbe]

    Slow news day.

[Cyber Liberty]

Because that is where the people he needs to convince are.

Yup! It's the same reason given by Rush Limbaugh when he did an interview with Playboy magazine.

[dfwgator]

Jesus preached amongst the sinners, did he not?

[goatprairie]

Yup! It's the same reason given by Rush Limbaugh when he did an interview with Playboy magazine.

W.F.Buckley did one with PB too. He thought he'd reach a lot of people who didn't watch Firing Line or read NR. I believe he discovered few males bothered to read his interview. I don't know what else could have been in the magazine that would have distracted them.   

[goatprairie]

Jesus preached amongst the sinners, did he not?

Yeah, but isn't trying to preach to liberals like casting pearls before swine?

[Cyber Liberty]

W.F.Buckley did one with PB too. He thought he'd reach a lot of people who didn't watch Firing Line or read NR. I believe he discovered few males bothered to read his interview. I don't know what else could have been in the magazine that would have distracted them.   

Eons ago I had a blind friend who used to take the Braille edition....

[Absalom]

Is it that complicated???
At his core Trump has always been obsessed w/the media;
whoring after their attention, adulation and approval.
Contrast the time he spends daily reading and reflecting
versus the time he spends yapping w/the media on camera.
His fan club subconsciously see him as another Edmund Burke
while the reality is far more embarrassing.
Plain and simple, Trump is a hustler as his life behavior affirms
be it his draft dodging, his coarse and vulgar treatment of women,
his business dealings or the frauds he is comfortable with.
A lack of Character and Principle determine Destiny.

[EdJames]

Is it that complicated???
At his core Trump has always been obsessed w/the media;
whoring after their attention, adulation and approval.
Contrast the time he spends daily reading and reflecting
versus the time he spends yapping w/the media on camera.
His fan club subconsciously see him as another Edmund Burke
while the reality is far more embarrassing.
Plain and simple, Trump is a hustler as his life behavior affirms
be it his draft dodging, his coarse and vulgar treatment of women,
his business dealings or the frauds he is comfortable with.
A lack of Character and Principle determine Destiny.

Shall we mark you down in the "Not a Big Fan" category??

[Cyber Liberty]

Is it that complicated???
At his core Trump has always been obsessed w/the media;
whoring after their attention, adulation and approval.
Contrast the time he spends daily reading and reflecting
versus the time he spends yapping w/the media on camera.
His fan club subconsciously see him as another Edmund Burke
while the reality is far more embarrassing.
Plain and simple, Trump is a hustler as his life behavior affirms
be it his draft dodging, his coarse and vulgar treatment of women,
his business dealings or the frauds he is comfortable with.
A lack of Character and Principle determine Destiny.

That may be, and he stands roughly zero chance of reelection if he doesn't.  If he can't face the leftist press, how can he stand for anybody?

[Cyber Liberty]

Shall we mark you down in the "Not a Big Fan" category??

That ship has sailed.....