Trump and the Media

Trump and the Media

The relationship between Trump and American media houses can be taken to be unhealthy. Each of the two heavyweights has been fighting to prove their belief on the failures of the other. The fight has come to remind the Nixon rule; a row that the Whitehouse is convinced to have lost to the media houses. Trump has repeatedly attempted to turn the Americans against the media houses by claiming that the houses are failing and have nothing to tell the Americans. The fight has been made sour by the cruel nature of Trump on issues that he believes to be of interest to the American people. The claim by Trump that he hates the media is a strategy that he has always used for his benefit.

As it is already known, Trump has had a rocky relationship with the media since the beginning of his presidency. He has a history of bashing journalists individually and deeming them “the enemy of the people.” The president has in several occasions termed the media as a disgrace to the people of America, and that should not be trusted at all. Particularly, Trump has had the worst relationship with the New York Times newspaper branding as “a failing newspaper” in several instances (Brian, p.60).

Trump claims that the reporters to the various media houses are dishonest and only give fake news to earn quick sales for their journals. Trump has not spared the CNN and Buzz feed and has occasionally termed them as terrible and garbage media groups. The fight Trump has been evident through the White House Twitter page. In a particular tweet from the White House dated February 17, 2017, Trump claims that the media houses that report fake news are not his enemies but the enemies of the American people. The claims by Trump have been receiving emphasis from the White House chief of staff to prove how serious the President is unhappy with the management of the media houses. The claim by Trump that the media could also be a strategy that works to his advantage by creating attention of the media houses.

President Donald Trump has been using the media’s undivided attention to his benefit by getting attention; he does not have to pay for having. The President has relied on the media and would receive advice from critics during the presidential campaign period to avoid his media exploits but ignored the call. Prowess in utilizing the opportunity given to him by the media can be said to have made Trump a president. Twitter can be said to Donald Trump’s stronghold had it appears that Trump employed his business marketing skills to get enough popularity by giving no rest to his twitter platform. Trump has been his twitter account to post the hard truths that no one would expect to hear from a president. One of the uses of Trump’s twitter account has been to blame the media for his ‘misfortunes’ and has succeeded in getting the attention required. Trump has been accused in several occasions for ordering the cameramen in his rallies to pan the crowds to give a false presentation on the size of the actual crowd sizes (Wells, p.700). The cameramen who fail to agree on Trump’s plans have been on the receiving end of Trump’s furry. Most of the media houses that cover Trump’s real small crowds have been accused of covering Trump’s events after the crowds have left and giving presentations of empty halls. The fight between Trump and the media houses has given Trump an advantage in that, the media are always reporting news about Trump in an attempt to clear their name, and Trump has been using that as a strategy to advertise his ideologies without incurring advertising costs. Trump has succeeded in beating his rivals, pants down who have spent millions of dollars in paying for expensive adverts for their campaigns. Even though Trump is the first American twitter president, other presidents have been involved in fights with the Media.

Trump’s case is not the first in the history of America. This is not the first time in United States history that a President has had a rough relationship with the media. President Nixon also had a difficult time getting along with the media after The Washington Post exposed the Watergate scandal. Many Americans even believe that media bias was picked up by the Nixon administration in particular. However, Trump’s fight is different from Nixon who used his fight against the media to cover his crimes. Trump sees every criticism by the media as personal and reacts on every bit of reaction forwarded to him.

In sum, the relationship between has been sour both before and after his election as the president of America. The fight has always been directed towards the media houses that do not take into consideration the requests of Trump to give exaggerated figures of his rallies. Generally, the fight has always gone to the president’s favor.