July 2018 laid into one of his favorite targets, the national media:
“The Fake News Media is going CRAZY! They are totally unhinged
and in many ways, after witnessing first hand the damage they do
to so many innocent and decent people, I enjoy watching. In 7
years, when I am no longer in office, their ratings will dry up and
they will be gone!”
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Trump’s tweets often touch on whatever is in the news. In
April 2019, when Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, was in
flames, Trump tweeted advice on how to put out the fire. (Par-
is firefighters rejected his suggestion.) According to the political
website Politico, about half of Trump’s tweets promote his own
success while about a third rip into his adversaries.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller
speaks publicly about the
Russia investigation in 2019. He
concluded that Russia interfered
in the 2016 presidential election,
but he left open the question of
whether Trump had obstructed
justice during the investigation.
