… Read the restTrump this morning escalated his attack on the free press: “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” he tweeted.
Even if most Americans understand that a President of the United States calling the media the “enemy of the American people!” is unprecedented, delusional and dangerous, there will be some percentage of Americans who are becoming persuaded by his ever more strident attacks.
The result is to undermine the independence of the press in our society — making Trump the arbiter of truth in our society.
Last night, the Republican Party and Trump’s campaign websites posted a 25-question “Mainstream