April 14, 2025
‘Perceived foes’
By M. Walter
“[President Trump’s] demands for investigations are starting to become more formalized… (and) send a stark message: To oppose Mr. Trump will mean risking punishment at the hands of the federal government.”
The New York Times put four “reporters” on this 1,507 word behemoth of yellow “journalism,” titled “Trump Escalates Use of Official Power to Intimidate and Punish His Perceived Foes”, published this weekend. And if that headline doesn’t sound bad enough, well, it gets even worse, according to the crusted-brie crowd:
Trump has “surrounded himself with loyalists who want him to be able to do whatever he wants…”. Oh no. We can’t have that. Just out of curiosity, how many presidents, do you suppose, have surrounded themselves with disloyal officials? Bah. Never mind. Let’s pause a moment on this insane title for the article: “Trump Escalates Use of Official Power to Intimidate and Punish His Perceived Foes”.
“Perceived” foes? “Perceived”?? They’ve only impeached him — twice — tried to assassinate him — twice — indicted him multiple times, and came perilously close to sending him to Riker’s Island prison, but yeah, it’s just “perceived.” Just that modifier alone got me thinking. How many other words with a Pravda-like hallmark might be littered throughout this masterpiece? Here’s a count, in no particular order:
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/perceived_foes.html
