For years, I have been documenting Donald Trump’s comments that he is the presidency and that he is the United States of America. Trump’s language was often dismissed as the bluster of a detached, egomaniacal person.
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That is until Trump came back into office and began ignoring the law to do whatever he wanted. Trump’s attitude has physically manifested itself in his constant vandalism of the White House and the Kennedy Center, which he has no authority to do, but he did anyway.
Trump has used executive orders to try to get rid of birthright citizenship and federalize US elections. To Donald Trump, his dictates supersede the Constitution.
Never has a president whined so much about his media coverage, and never has a White House press corps been so sycophantic, at least not in the age of modern media.
Trump has responded to the relentless White House media fawning by stating that he is going to ban reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.
Why is this happening now? Because Trump doesn’t like their coverage.
Trump was asked during a White House event on healthcare, “ Mr. President, freedom of the press is enshrined in the First Amendment. Are you trying to intimidate the press from doing its job?”
Trump answered, “No, no, no, no. I, I dislike dishonest press, like you. I think you’re terrible. But I dislike dishonest… I like to see honest press.”
When reporters pressed him on the ban, Trump admitted accidentally that he thinks the White House is his house.