Article: Does Trump Suffer From "Self Destructive Syndrome"?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-ho...ctive-syndrome
This ties in with my (wishful?) thinking that after four years of Trump and his constant turmoil and chaos, people - hopefully a majority of people - are simply fed up with Donald John Trump. On election day they'll register their displeasure with a (hopefully) resounding rejection of Trump and all his [GOP] enablers. If there is a "blue wave" rout of Trump and the GOP, I wonder how many microseconds it will take for Republicans to turn on their fearless leader instantly blaming Trump for their losses?
Rachel Maddow had an interesting interview last night with CNN's Brian Stelter. Stelter has just written a book, (i.e. "Hoax"),
https://www.amazon.com/Untitled-Bria...s%2C377&sr=1-1
that goes inside the Fox News Channel and all the turmoil and chaos in that operation. Several FNC insiders talked to Stelter off-the-record to reveal - among other things - that Trump spends six hours a day watching Fox. He talks (frequently) with Sean Hannity and other Fox on-air personalities. Once he hangs up the phone with President Trump, Hannity has "interesting" things to say to his staffers about the President. According to Stelter's sources inside FNC, Hannity has told staffers he thinks Trump is "crazy" and questions Trump's mental stability.
Stelter describes an atmosphere of open hostility between the "Journalism" side of the house, (i.e. Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, et al.), and the "Opinion" side of the house, (i.e. Hannity, Jeannine Piro, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson et al.), and the constant friction between the two sides. (The journalists strongly believe the opinion side of the house has gone way too far in their parroting of Trump paranoia and their less-than-objective reporting/disseminating of Trump propaganda and conspiracy theories.)
Stelter reports interesting "gossip" about the real power at FNC: Rupert Murdoch and members of the Murdoch family. Apparently the Murdoch's are worried about the election and what happens [to them] if Trump loses. The fear is that Trump will storm out in a huff - enraged that the Fox News Channel didn't do enough to "support" him - and form his own "Trump News Network" to be in direct competition with FNC. According to Mr. Stelter, the Murdoch's - sensing a Trump defeat - are suddenly questioning whether their total [unquestioning] support of Trump is smart business. In the remaining weeks between now and election day, it will be interesting to watch for any discernable shift in the "tone" of Trump coverage on the Fox News Channel. (Assuming Trump does lose and the Republicans suffer an election day debacle losing the Senate as well as the White House, it will be popcorn time watching how quickly the Fox News Channel turns on Trump blaming him for the GOP's woes.)
Last edited by Former DJ; 08-22-2020 at 01:55 PM.