By Michael Woyton
Video of the convicted felon babbling about child care at the Economic Club of New York this week is bothersome enough on its own.
What sticks in my craw are the reactions — or lack thereof — of the audience and the panelists/questioners to his “word salad.” Actually, I think it aspires to “word salad.”
If these are indeed the titans of NYC economy, then I am certain that they, and their stockbrokers, are immensely satisfied with how the stock market and the economy has fared for them during the Biden/Harris administration.
Then why are they applauding and nodding their heads when former president Donald Trump stands before them and speaks gibberish?
The moneyed class cannot be blind to all that the man represents — anyone who has lived in New York knows Trump — but they still want to be able to keep more of their money through his deficit-raising tax cuts. It’s only the money for these people, by and large. They know — or feel — they will make it through an endless authoritarian presidency just fine, thank you very much. See Russia and its oligarchy.
And there’s the thing I will never understand about Trump’s rise to the presidency and taking over the Republican Party.
There were so many things — mocking a disabled reporter, saying John McCain is not a hero because he was captured, the misogyny, multiple felony convictions — that should have ended his political career.
But he was given and continues to be given a pass.
The mainstream media helps by constantly playing clean up after Trump says something. After the Economic Club of New York appearance, The New York Times called his answer to child care “jumbled,” and not an incomprehensible mess.
Moreover, the press will gloss over what the convicted felon said and in the next breath complain that Vice President Kamala Harris needs to add more context to her tax policies.
We need reporters to stop pulling their punches and actually report what Trump is actually saying.
Donald Trump cannot put a coherent thought together and cannot explain his policy decisions.
The 2024 presidential campaign cannot and should not be covered as if it were normal.
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