We’re only a few months into President Trump’s first term, and the media’s coverage has been negative to an unprecedented level. Often, the coverage is hyperbolic if not hysterical: “we’re no longer a democracy” because Trump won, or “the world is going to burn up in fire” because the President exited an environmental accord, Trump is Hitler, etc.
I show some examples in this post.
Trump is committing crimes against humanity
June 8th, 2017, Marjorie Cohn, Huffington Post
“Moreover, by withdrawing the United States from the climate accord, Trump has committed a crime against humanity, which also constitutes a High Crime.”
And that’s not all: Trump is taking away all your rights! His inhumane acts will make you suffer!
“Since taking office, Trump has…systematically endeavored to destroy the social safety net, including the rights to healthcare, public education and a clean environment, as well as the rights of workers, immigrants, women and LGBTQ people…Trump has intentionally committed an inhumane act that will ultimately cause great suffering to the people of the world.”
Trump will destroy freshwater supplies in US
June 6th, 2017 – Reality Winner
“He [Trump] is blatantly lying and the second largest supply of freshwater in the country is now at risk. #NoDAPL #Resist #NeverMyPresident”
Revelations surfaced this week that federal contractor Reality Winner (oh, the naming of millennials…) leaked classified information about the government to the media, a federal offense. In the aftermath of her arrest, her foul-mouthed social media posts began to surface, claiming Trump is destroying natural water supplies.
Trump will doom the planet; this could be the end
“I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that Donald Trump may have doomed the planet, or the fact that he announced it like it’s an episode of ‘The Bachelorette.'”
Noah continued prophesying via his doomsday secular armageddon cult: “We all joke about Trump destroying the world, but this could be it!”
Trump will turn Antarctica green, collapse a key ice shelf, and erase the California coast
June 2, 2017 – Weather Channel
Trump’s decision to leave the year-old Paris Accords will turn the Antarctic green! Key ice shelves will collapse! California will disappear! THE END IS NIGH!
Trump is going to destroy planet earth
June 1, 2017 – Huffington Post The front page of the leftist Huffington Post shows the world burning up in fire! President Trump is going to destroy the planet!
Trump will cause sleepless nights for the poor and elderly
May 27, 2017 – Newsweek Trump will cause more sleepless nights, especially for poor people. How? Because of global warming…and Trump…and, uh, NOT MY PRESIDENT!
No one will care about your kids now that Trump is President
May 13, 2017 – Michelle Obama The government under Donald Trump no longer cares about your children. Why? Because Trump rolled back Obama’s school lunch regulations.
“Moms, think about this…think about why someone is OK with your kids eating crap, because here’s the secret: If somebody is doing that, they don’t care about your kid and we need to demand everyone to care deeply about our kids.”
Trump will attempt a Hitler-like coup
May 3rd, 2017 – Yale Professor Richard Levin
“Donald Trump will have his own version of Hitler’s Reichstag fire to expand his power and take full control of the government”, claims Levin.
But we’re not done yet! Trump speaks like Hitler, too.
“The way that [Trump] used the language, the blunt repetitions, the naming of the enemies, the physical removal of opponents from rallies, that was really, without exaggeration, just like the 1920s and the 1930s.”
We will no longer be a sovereign nation with Trump in office
December 12, 2016 – Keith Olbermann
“We are no longer a sovereign nation. We are no longer a democracy. We are no longer a free people. We are the victims of a bloodless coup.”
Got more hyperbole from the media? Add it in the comments. I’ll be updating this post over the next few years with the assumption of continuing alarmism and hysteria from the media.
It’ll be informative to look back on after 4 years. Or 8, should the hyperbole and corresponding public distrust of the media continue.
