The press conference in Helsinki wasn’t President Trump’s finest moment, but it wasn’t a catastrophe. I think he should’ve defended our intelligence agencies more forcefully, but if you recall, he said he meant to. He just misspoke. There was a mix-up with would/wouldn’t or something.
Eh. Not sure how I feel about that excuse, but whatever. It isn’t the end of the world. All I know for sure is, Trump did NOT win the election because of ol’ Vlad. His victory had absolutely NOTHING to do with Russia. Lots of countries attempt to interfere with the election process in other countries. This happens all the time. But did Russia literally hack our voting machines and change over votes? Absolutely not. Trump won because America was sick and tired of establishment idiots telling us what we want and who to vote for. We wanted someone other than a career politician. We wanted someone a little rough around the edges. We wanted someone who loves America and puts it FIRST. That’s why Donald Trump won.
Back to Putin. Trump made an excellent point on Twitter Friday night.
I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin. In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough. Remember when they said I was too tough with Chairman Kim? Hypocrites!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2018
Bingo. If Trump had a “D” next to his name, MSM’s reaction would be completely different. I’m talking total 180. They’d be all, “Wow! This is amazing! This is what diplomacy looks like! Look how well he’s handling Putin! They’re talking! Milestones!” But since Trump has an “R” next to his name, they’re all, “OMG TREASON!”
I’m really glad Trump mentioned their reaction to his, erm…dialogue, with Kim Jong-un. Nothing demonstrates their hypocrisy more than that. When Trump was exchanging tough words, they were all, “Wow. WWIII is right around the corner. Thanks a lot Donald Trump!” But when they finally met and shook hands, they were all, “WOW! He’s meeting with an ACTUAL DICTATOR. This is vile. I can’t believe this!”
As you can see, it doesn’t matter HOW Trump handles these situations. MSM is going to have a problem with it no matter what.