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Trump pulled off his latest media stunt again By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Miami (CNN)A manufactured storyline. A promise of a "major statement." And an ulterior motive. Donald Trump on Friday pulled off his latest media stunt, scoring more than 20 minutes of free live TV time to tout the endorsement of more than a dozen veterans and to talk up his new hotel in Washington after he and his campaign had promised he would address his longstanding, controversial "birther" position. Then, he made a 67-word statement stating that he now believes President Barack Obama was born in the US, and quickly abandoned the podium -- leaving reporters bellowing questions into the ether. None of us were surprised. After all, Friday's circus was nothing short of standard operating procedure for the real estate mogul and his media-bashing campaign -- and just the latest example of how Trump fueled his political rise through his unparalleled mastery of the media. But this time, there weren't just a few shouted questions from reporters. Instead, Trump stepped away from the mic amid a cacophony of cheering supporters -- more than 100 of whom separated Trump from the press -- and reporters, some standing on chairs, shouting dozens of questions at the top of our lungs. "When did you change your mind about Obama being born in the US?" I shouted. "What took you so long to make this decision?" shouted another reporter. "Why won't you answer our questions?" And then, he's gone. Trump had just changed a signature position he's held for years with a few dozen words and no explanation of why he had suddenly changed his mind. And he also notched 51 days since his last news conference. The moment was emblematic of Trump's treatment of the press throughout the campaign -- particularly in the last 24 hours. Reporters covering this campaign -- as I have for the last 15 months -- have long grown used to Trump lobbing insults our way, shouts of "scum," "dishonest" and "disgusting" reverberating as thousands of his supporters, many of them snickering at the spectacle, turn toward the press pen, booing. Some of us have even come to expect a call from the would-be-president every so often to hear the candidate gripe about a particular article and shame us as "dishonest." But on Thursday night, Trump took his mistreatment of the press to new lows, taking the stage at a rally in New Hampshire moments before the traveling press corps' plane touched down in the state, and proceeding to mock us. "I have really good news for you. I just heard that the press is stuck on their airplane. They can't get there. I love it," Trump said, to his supporters' glee. We arrived for the last three minutes of his speech -- a circumstance caused by Trump's refusal to travel on the same plane as reporters covering his campaign, defying decades of precedent in the coverage of Democratic and Republican nominees. Trump boasts about dumping traveling press corps The event on Friday was his coup-de-grace. Having promised a "major statement," via Twitter, Trump talked up his hotel -- "under budget and ahead of schedule" -- and invited a parade of military veterans to come to the podium and tell the world why they were supporting Trump's presidential bid. The event was no longer about a Republican presidential nominee reversing his position on an issue supported by a fringe slice of America. It was about brave military men embracing this controversial figure, flaws and all. Honesty is the best policy. |
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Trump plays to the "Drama Junkies in his following" and the media get duped into giving him coverage. It's about as simple minded as the rating games for his TV Show. Every THREE DAYS, he pushes another "drama spin". Repeats his comments 3 times, and his following thinks he's said something, and they even think it truth just because he said it "three times". It's playing to the "insane", he does the same thing and get the same reactions over and over..... "making crazy, in his crazy making cycles of commentary"
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Trump did again to major medias, i.e. CNN and MSNBC, ... etc. He played media for the FREE TV airtime for his benefits. He only said few words about the "birther" - Obama's birth place, but most of the free airtime for veterans' endorsement and his Trump hotel grand-opening. Most of all, he didn't apologize to Obama. Trump is a bigot about our first Black president. For those 8 years, he kept doubting Obama was born in Kanya and disqualified to be an American president. Now, Trump needs Blacks vote for him, so he is kind of admit that Obama was born in USA (Hawaii). We don't want to be fooled by him. Honesty is the best policy.
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