Media has been breathlessly reporting the story that President-elect Trump was seeking to gain “top secret security clearance” for his children. The information was given by “sources,” natch:
President-elect Donald Trump is considering getting top security clearance for children and son-in-law, sources say https://t.co/jCuQJuP9e2 pic.twitter.com/hEzy1WCEQq
— CNN (@CNN) November 15, 2016
Oh really? Better check those “sources,” guys.
So sick of the dishonest media. President @realDonaldTrump never requested security clearance for his children. The media is so unfair! pic.twitter.com/z7IYuKeC2y
— Scott Isbell (@scottisbell_) November 15, 2016
And just hours ago, President-elect Trump confirmed that himself.
I am not trying to get "top level security clearance" for my children. This was a typically false news story.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016
Wait, what? The media is devising and perpetuating false narratives? That’s cuckoo talk! Except of course it isn’t. As we all know thanks to WikiLeaks, the media is no longer just biased. They were literally in the bag for Hillary Clinton and in collusion with her team.
President-elect Trump continued to call out The New York Times as well.
The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition. It is going so smoothly. Also, I have spoken to many foreign leaders.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016
Ouch!
I have recieved and taken calls from many foreign leaders despite what the failing @nytimes said. Russia, U.K., China, Saudi Arabia, Japan,
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016
Australia, New Zealand, and more. I am always available to them. @nytimes is just upset that they looked like fools in their coverage of me.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016
Keep trying, New York Times! You are already totally irrelevant. Keep it up and you will totally go under. Journalists are, of course, now freaking out about THOSE tweets.
Received. https://t.co/0vjUcDOT85
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) November 16, 2016
Sigh. Let’s spend ALL DAY on a misspelling of “received.” THAT is the most pressing issue. Way to deflect, guys.
Lists Russia first. https://t.co/gwnlzh1fzn
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) November 16, 2016
That’s Politico, ladies and gentlemen.
https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/798866460814823425
"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons." https://t.co/0Ee7GiDoi4
— Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) November 16, 2016
Good grief. Media and Democrats (same thing) STILL don’t get it. Trump is baiting YOU. By telling it like it is about the media. Everyday Americans? They get it. One of the reasons Donald Trump won is because people are fed up with media and its false narratives and agenda-pushing. They don’t clutch their pearls when Trump takes to Twitter to call it out. They either a) agree or b) are too busy working to spend every waking moment on Twitter like the people who sneer at them in contempt do. Hint: Get out and mingle in the real world for a while, journos.
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