Make America Rake the forest again

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Originally Posted by Pete F.

After a while one would think Trump would take advantage of the resources available to him to prepare public statements so he is not perceived to be a fool

Enough voters did not perceive him to be a fool. And his actual record in business and politics has not been foolish. You may not like him, you may disagree with him, but he has not been foolish. And what those who voted for him wanted from him, he has to a great degree given it to them.

It’s not the media’s job to interpret his off the cuff remarks as he sees fit

It's not the media's job to misinterpret. Often the misinterpretation is so off the mark that it appears to be obvious. So obvious that the media itself looks foolish, or devious. But those who hate him, as is evidenced in spades on this forum, relish making most everything he says a lie, or racist, or homophobic, or misogynist, blah, blah . . . and the media fuels that perception.

It’s a tough job and he asked for it, nobody made him run

When he ran, he ran hard and made his opponents look like fools. Now, it may be foolish to make enemies, but a lot of that cuts both ways.

Public perception is a big part of his job and he doesn’t understand that he has to sell to more than his base
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This notion of "the media's job" is a hoot. I don't know if the media ever did the job we are told it was supposed to do when it comes to politics and Presidents. But, if the real job of corporate media is to make big and bigger profits, then what sells is what it will concoct. And what sells has evolved more and more to be contentiousness and scandal.

And it's no longer believed that those in the media are not biased. Many of them even openly show their bias. And public perception is heavily influenced by media bias. There is nothing Trump can do to persuade the media to paint a favorable picture of him. Except to just shut his mouth and be like a Democrat (again--as in when he was popular with the media).

But this is all obvious, and has been hashed over on the forum so much that it has really become boring.