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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy does Trump continue to give LONG interviews to "unfriendly" newspapers like the NYT?
First, the New York Times and Washington Post have dome amazing journalism since Trump has taken over. Every major Russia story I can think of has broken in either the NYT, WP, or WSJ.
That said, I just don't understand why Trump continues to give these really long, news making interviews to the NYT? What is his motivation to do it? Why wouldn't you just go on Fox News, etc?
It just doesn't make any sense to me. Any thoughts:
emulatorloo
(44,117 posts)don't watch Fox. Fox is only for talking to his crazy base.
Casprings
(347 posts)It just seems more likely to make people really mad and want you out..
That said, I do think the answer is really easy. He is incompetent.
Shell_Seas
(3,332 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)Strategy, common sense, everything, it seems, goes out the window when his ego gets needy.
DeminPennswoods
(15,279 posts)Trump has never been accepted by the old money/true elites of NYC society and the NYT is among that group. He is desperate for their approval and he loves the media no matter what he says otherwise.
Casprings
(347 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,327 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)He thinks if he talks long enough that everyone will suddenly realize how smart he really is. More proof he's a moron.
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)far from it...a total moron!
librechik
(30,674 posts)his crazy theories properly, and school the press, and they would change from "fake" to favorable, He simply won't understand that they can never be anything but objective, This is automatically impossible for the narcissist, because his belief systems are unshakeable and wrong.