The President Should Spend less time attacking the Media

                  

President Trump has been in office for 70 days now, and so far I would say that there is nothing of great accomplish for his administration. President Trump is a new kind of president that communicates through Twitter a lot.  On many occasion, President Trump has complained about the media and “Fake News.”

 However, the President has opened himself up to this kind of attacks on his character. Not only that but when he is not happy about the news been report about him, he calls it fake new or what to find ways to change laws that limit journalist in their job. On  March 30,  2017, President Trump tweeted from his  Twitter account to change Libel laws. All because of an article published by the New York Times that he believe is a false statement on his persona. 

Now he wants to change libel laws to sue organizations that do unfavorable coverage. However, President Trump is not the first president that has had hostile coverage, but he makes it easy for the media to target him because of his crazy tweets all the time and policies that seem to go nowhere. First, there was the travel band of seven muslin countries that was block by the court. There is also the failure of replacing  Obamacare.

 I believe there are more pressing issues he should be working on then worrying about the media. For example, his budget that would cut lots of programs like education, justice, and much more. I believe this are the thing the Trump administration should spend their time on.  Not attacking the media and trying to change laws that limit journalist to do their job. There are more important things that require his attention, and his budget is one of them. 

The connections between President Trump and Russia

On March nine, 2017 Nicholas Kristof from the New York Times wrote an article in his Opinion page title " Connecting Trump's Dots to Russia." Mr. Kristof main focus is the connections between President Trump and Russia. And how there has not been an investigation on the matter of Russia involvement in the U.S elections. I could not agree more with Mr. Kristof that is a central issue we should remain focus on. Just like Mr. Kristof I still wonder until this day if Russia did have anything to do with the election. To me, this is important because if another country can change our votes and impact who becomes our next president, this is something scary to think of. Another point that Mr. Kristof brought up and I agree with him is how the Trump administration denies any ties to Russia. Why go through so much trouble to deny any communication with Russia officials if it is like they say nothing to do with the elections or any national business. Now the big question is why is the President not releasing his tax returns. Is it possible that this could put him in jeopardy or should we just move on and forget about those tax returns.  We have a right to know if there were any connection between President Trump aides and Russia. If there were any link between the two why is it been investigated? Nevertheless, Mr. Kristof brought up excellent points that are still unanswered by the government.I believe that the points brought by Mr. Kristof are reasonable and the government should provide answers to those question so we can move.

The President and "fake news"

On February 24, 2017, the newspaper latimes.com/opinion publish an article title "Watch what Trump does about the media, not what he says" written by Michael McGough. I am assuming this article is intended for the general public.  This article caught my attention because I have never heard a President call the news "fake news." Mr. McGough starts by discussing how the President Mr. Trump use to used murky sources and now is telling the media they should publish their sources name. Nevertheless, Mr. McGough made an important point how journalist have been kill and imprisoned to inform the public and that they are not the enemy of the people. Is interesting to me how the President said quote" A few days ago, I called the fake news the enemy of the people,". In a certain way, I agree with Mr. McGough that the President should let the media do their job and not call the enemy of the people. I personally believe that if one is aware of what is happening on the political world one can make the decision if the news is fake or not. Also, if we are going to call or said the news is false, we should back it up with something else.  In my opinion, if a new is fake the source should not matter. The President is spending to much time calling the media the enemy of the people. How long as the journalist do everything under the law he should let them? Just because he does not agree with some of the stories should it be considered dishonest people. 

Government Employee and Private Goods

When is it ok for a government employee to talk about their private goods on national television. According to an article title" White House says Conway has been 'counseled' after touting Ivanka Trump's products" this article is from the washingtonpost ..On how the president's official counselor use national television to advertise Ivanka Trump business. What I like about the article is that it talks about how executive branch employees and armed forces cannot use their public office for private gain. I think this is interesting because apparently, they thought it was ok to advertise using their public office title. I think is important to read and learn the facts about how the system works when it comes to private goods own by government officials. If we are not well informed, we might not see something wrong with a government official doing this for personal gain.

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