I watched the press conference hosted by Donald Trump. It was clearly articulated with regard to how The Trump Organization will detach itself from President Donald Trump, both in the appearance of impropriety and the actual operational aspects of the organization. Donald Trump explained that the law does not require him to do so, as well as having an attorney put it in layman’s terms the huge undertaking, as well as financial loss to accomplish this.
At the same time I was enlightened with regard to the false news story being propagated by C.N.N. and Buzzfeed, the online agency whose credibility is barely even worthy of mention. Buzzfeed initiated the false story, and C.N.N. ran with it. It centered around false claims that Donald Trump was engaged in acts with a prostitute while the Miss America pageant was being hosted in Moscow.
I have a hard time understanding how a clearly articulated message can be stretched to the point of a completely different statement or message within moments of the actual point being made. This takes a real talent, but it is not called journalism. It’s called lying. The despicable manner in which these misguided media outlets perform this feat is only succeeding in discrediting these agencies even more with the educated American public. Now, even credible news agencies are subject to more scrutiny. Even Fox News failed to report the fact that Donald Trump has no obligation under the law to separate himself from his business enterprises.
Even worse than the media’s dishonesty and distorted reporting, in watching the Rex Tillerson confirmation hearing, Democratic senator, Jeanne Shaheen congratulated Tillerson for his efforts to separate himself from his corporate dealings with Exxon-Mobile, but in the same sentence inferred that Donald Trump was not doing so. The constituents in her district need to remember this kind of distorted view being introduced into our most cherished process of government. Donald Trump has been very clear about this, even though the law allows both the president and vice president to operate business interests at the same time they serve in office. Democrats, meanwhile, still continue to badger him on this issue.
This type of intentional deception to the American people by our most trusted elected officials needs to come to an end. The tighter the Democratic party tries to embrace these liberal ideals, the more disconnected they are becoming from mainstream America. These ideals stand contrary to American constitutionality and values. It has been obvious that over the past eight years, the amount of deception and expense to propagate this failed ideal will no longer be tolerated by the American people.