Media: Trump's 'words are weightless'; Also Media: OMFG DID YOU READ WHAT @POTUS JUST TWEETED ABOUT OBAMA!?

Greg P. | 8:25 AM on April 03, 2018

On CNN last night, Fareed Zakaria said that President Donald Trump’s “words are weightless”:

.@FareedZakaria on Trump's Twitter tirade: "There has been a sense that the United States, the President speaks with the credibility of the most powerful country in the history of the world and now you have a President for whom words are weightless" https://t.co/0d1rEz3uY1

— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) April 3, 2018

Pick a side, media. Either his words are “weightless,” which would mean that there shouldn’t be a freak out over every. Single. Tweet. Or they’re not.

Case in point, here’s Trump from this morning with a new nickname for former President Obama:

Thank you to Rasmussen for the honest polling. Just hit 50%, which is higher than Cheatin’ Obama at the same time in his Administration.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018

And here comes the MSM coverage of the “weightless” tweet:

1. "Honest" = good for me
2. "Cheatin' Obama"! https://t.co/ILCpdDIcCW

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 3, 2018

https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/981128229292597249

I believe this is the first use of "Cheatin' Obama" https://t.co/WbrfMEZqDe

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) April 3, 2018

…Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends…=> https://t.co/p1FgqkfboU

— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) April 3, 2018

Polls continue to be fake unless they say what Trump wants them to say. He can comfort himself with one poll all he wants, doesn't change the fact that his average approval is nowhere near 50%. https://t.co/jRtukwjtMs

— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) April 3, 2018