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By James Hohmann
July 25 at 9:31 AM
THE BIG IDEA: Just remember, President Trump said on Tuesday in Kansas City, what youre seeing and what youre reading is not whats happening.
He was complaining about the escalating fallout from his trade war. The president is angry that the press is telling the stories of farmers who are facing financial hardship because of the predictable retaliation by other countries to his tariffs. Speaking to a crowd of 4,000 at the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Trump specifically cited a package he saw earlier in the day on NBC. It was heart-throbbing, he said. In fact, I wanted to say, I got to do something about this Trump. Terrible. He then claimed NBCs piece was done by the lobbyists and by the people that they hire and argued that the time to push for better trade deals is when the economy is growing. This country is doing better than it's ever done before, Trump said.
He asked Americans who are struggling to just be a little patient. Pointing to the press riser, Trump attacked what he called the fake news media. Stick with us, the president said. Dont believe the crap you see from these people.
-- Trumps quote reminded many people including Link to tweet
" target="_blank">a former CIA case officer of 1984, the dystopian novel. The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command, wrote George Orwell. And if all others accepted the lie, which the party imposed, if all records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became the truth.
HuffPost likened Trumps comment to Obi-Wan Kenobis These arent the droids youre looking for in Star Wars and the Wizard of Ozs admonition, Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
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