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Oh, he really holds the label 'president' but he's pretending to do the work of a president and he doesn't deserve the respect that goes along with the office he holds. He's clueless at the job and will go up in flames withing a year.
I recently heard someone refer to President Trump as the "Fake President," which seemed inevitable given Trump's continued rhetoric about "Fake News" regarding mainstream news organizations and his belittling of sitting federal judges, including most recently of the "so-called judge" who issued the stay on enforcement of Trump's travel ban. Trump, unlike any previous President, seems to use propaganda in an attempt to delegitimize his perceived opponents.
I just heard Trump in a news conference today blame "Fake Media" for the resignation of his national security adviser, whom he praised, even though Trump requested Michael Flynn's resignation. So Trump personally succumbed to "Fake News?" You've really got to feel sorry for White House spokesperson Sean Spicer.
<<Flynn quit on Monday after Trump asked for his resignation, and the president hopes to pick a new national security adviser by the end of the week, Spicer said.>>
Trump seems particularly vulnerable to the "Fake" label, given his several percentage point loss of the nationwide popular vote, and his historically low approval rating for a new President.
<<What’s not in question is that Trump’s approval rating is historically low for a new president. Typically — even following bitter elections — incoming presidents enjoy a honeymoon period after the country rallies around its new leader (and before the opposition begins to coalesce). As Harry Enten wrote last month, every new president since Harry Truman in 19451 has enjoyed an initial net approval rating2 of at least +32 percentage points — until Trump. On average, pre-Trump presidents kicked off their administrations with a 66 percent approval rating and just a 10 percent disapproval rating. Gallup’s first survey on Trump put him at 45 percent approval and 45 percent disapproval.>>
Note that Truman was not an elected President in 1945, but assumed office as unknown quantity during World War II succeeding one of the most popular Presidents in American history.
Some mainstream news networks apparently are pushing back against Trump administration officials who engage in the dissemination of "alternative facts."
As Trump continues to polarize the nation and engages in an unprecedented propaganda campaign against those opposed to his policies or anyone who takes actions or positions that he deems inappropriate, will you begin to refer to Trump as our "Fake President?" Do you think political opponents and perhaps even members of the mainstream media will begin to refer to Trump as our "Fake President?"
Is Trump actually changing the general meaning of the word "Fake?"
Well, this is a fake poll.
Imagine if it was:
A. Hillary is a crook.
B. Hillary is a liar.
C. I don't care.
Oh, he really holds the label 'president' but he's pretending to do the work of a president and he doesn't deserve the respect that goes along with the office he holds. He's clueless at the job and will go up in flames withing a year.
A. Hillary is a crook.
B. Hillary is a liar.
C. I don't care.
BTW, do you still beat your wife?
What is your meaning of "fake," as obviously this poll is as real as any C-D poll?
Its goal is to ascertain whether the Trump and Trumpie pervasive use of the word "fake" or similar adjectives to describe anything or anybody that they don't like was about to boomerang on a sitting President, further destroying civic discourse and increasing polarization.
So what do you mean by "fake?" It seems to be that the new meaning is "some thing disliked and not respected."
I'm really surprised that the Trump administration has continued this propaganda assault once in office. It is not conducive to achieving goals IMO.
Gee I thought this was about Obama, so I voted yes.
My bad.
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