He’s the president and he is responsible for what he says and does, ofc. Still, the constant, repetitive prompting to engage in extreme and harmful behavior sounds to me like nothing so much as a group of students taking advantage of a weak-minded kid. It's profoundly dangerous.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 10, 2018
The leading questions are part of an instinct to gin up drama. And, in response to the Trump creature, they undertake this effort to shape his babbling into a narrative that fits how a president is believed to behave.Here's how the "red line" conceit entered the national discourse. Trump is on a riff about McCabe's family and how he didn't need any more dirt on Clinton. But the NYT team has something else, a "last thing," they really want to talk about... https://t.co/pts3RWjXt1 pic.twitter.com/RufAOVellx
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 10, 2018
The questions serve as lifelines; the worst offenders toss them to Trump, as he flails in his special blend of grandiosity and incoherence. And they are not well-intended lifelines, but assists intended to make him talk tough. Like their subject, these journos betray a public trust.
I'm increasingly getting the feeling that there is a faction in the White House press corps that wants to see Trump fire Mueller because it will be "dramatic" and they aren't really questioning the wider implications.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 10, 2018
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