Trump blames media ‘narrative’ for the belief that he’s soft on Russia
President Trump just came out and said it.
At a presser with Japan’s prime minister, he proclaimed that he takes a very aggressive posture toward Russia–and took a shot at the press.
“There has been nobody tougher than me,” Trump said. “With the media, no matter what I did, it’s never tough enough because that’s their narrative.”
Well, he may be right about the second part.
The toughest-president-ever boast is a stretch: tougher than Ronald Reagan taking on the Soviets’ Evil Empire? But it’s true that when it comes to Russia, the media portray the 45th president as being rather soft. And that reflects the consensus of the Beltway foreign policy community, which tends to be hawkish. [Read More]
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