Trump creates a storm of news and shows restraint even when criticizing the press

I’m not impressed with it Donald Trump renewed his attack against the “corrupt media”.

After his $15 million victory over ABC and George Stephanopoulos, Trump sued the Des Moines Register and gold-standard pollster Ann Selzer yesterday over bad polling. He predicted he would lose by 4 points and he won the state by 13 points. He called it “shameless election interference”.

Trump is also pursuing a lawsuit against CBS over the 60 Minutes blunder. Kamala Harris a different answer than the question asked. But the network can claim it’s a normal TV montage.

Trump is unlikely to win these suits, but he doesn’t care. Simply testing their perceived rivals and incurring considerable costs to defend themselves is reward enough.

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Most legal experts say ABC could have won its case, including Stephanopoulos, who repeatedly said Trump was liable for “rape” as opposed to “sexual harassment” under the public figure malice standard in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit. . Trump would have to prove that the network was knowingly reckless with the truth. But the ABC would have endured the embarrassment of handing over emails, texts and cellphone records.

What surprised me was that just days after the president-elect said he was “taming” the press and getting better coverage, he went into attack mode. So much for the truce.

But some of Trump’s more positive aspects were on display during the hour-long news conference, a seriousness of purpose I saw in our interview in New York two weeks before the election.

After his $16 million legal victory against ABC, President-elect Trump’s so-called “corrupt media” facility is back in the spotlight. (Getty Images)

I’ve known Donald Trump for over three decades, interviewed him twice this year, and now that we’re done with the sometimes inflammatory rhetoric of the campaign, he sounds different.

At 78, with seemingly boundless energy, he deliberately speaks somewhat slowly and softly, while adjusting his positions on a number of divisive issues. He knows how to deflect questions he shouldn’t answer, like “Are you going to retaliate against Iran?” He made statements like “maybe it’s my fault,” defying any superhuman image. He recently acknowledged that lowering grocery prices would be difficult.

It was asked whether the incoming president Republican senators those who oppose his candidates should be the first. His answer was carefully crafted.

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“If they’re being unreasonable, I’m going to give you a different answer. An answer you’re going to be shocked to hear. If they’re not being reasonable, if they’re going against somebody for political reasons or stupid reasons, I’d say it’s got nothing to do with me, I’d say they’d probably come first , but if they were reasonable, fair, and really disagreed with something or someone, I could see it happening.

Of course, it is Trump who defines what is reasonable or fair.

Asked about the parade of Silicon Valley executives who have come or will come to Mar-a-Lago — leaders from Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple and others — Trump said they were “very hostile” in his first term (“and maybe that’s my fault, but I don’t think so”). Not bad that Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos made a million dollars for his inauguration.

“One of the big differences,” in the first period, “was that everyone was fighting me.” Now “everyone wants to be my friend. I don’t know if my personality has changed or something.” It was tongue in cheek.

What stood out at the press conference was how much Trump covered a wide range of topics, some of which were barely mentioned.

He finally reflected on the bogus Duke rape accuser who admitted in 2006 that he lied and that life would never be the same for lacrosse players who did nothing wrong. He talked about how the Biden team is not on par with the public on drones. He described the “sickness” of those who viewed the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO favorably. He supported the polio vaccine. He defended Pete Hegseth. He spoke with Venezuela, Syria, Turkey, North Korea and Bibi. Thought about TikTok.

Trump’s round-the-clock coverage appears to be making a comeback — and a month early to boot. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

There was a sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of how Trump was a round-the-clock news source in the early days, even as he spoke to reporters he didn’t like, sometimes smearing them or striking back at their coverage. A contrast to the soon-to-be ex-boyfriend, who usually doesn’t give any news on his weekends In Delaware or at Camp David, it could hardly have been greater.

So aside from a full-throated attack on the media, long his favorite foil, Incoming Guy really showed restraint and nuance and clearly enjoyed it.

Now, maybe Trump has just been in a bad mood the past few days. After the judge refused to overturn the silence sentence on the grounds that Juan Merca’s personal actions were not covered by the recent trial Supreme Court The president who arrived yesterday made a decision regarding the official acts and wrote this:

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“Merchan, who is far worse and even more corrupt than (Jack) Smith in fighting for my desperate political opponents, simply cannot let go of this treason. Is it because of his conflicts and relationships that he continues to break the Law? Stop!…

“Utterly illegal, psychotic, deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased and incompetent acting judge Juan Mercan has completely disrespected the United States Supreme Court and its landmark ruling on immunity. But even without immunity, this illegal case is something else.” not. fake fake.”

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Now we have Donald, whom we all met during the trial.