There is a tendency within Republican circles to view the mainstream media as not just hostile on occasion, but constantly at war with the citizens of our country. It’s no wonder that this mindset is popular.
Just last year, President Trump labeled multiple news outlets as the “enemy of the American people.” Last month, after meeting with Kim Jong Un, the president declared that our nation’s greatest enemy isn’t a foreign power headed by a totalitarian madman, but “fake news.” And earlier in July, after the Helsinki Summit with Vladimir Putin, the president once again proclaimed the “real enemy of the people” is the media.
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