“Enemies Lists,” Then and Now
19th August 2018
The Trump-hating mainstream media claims that President Trump has an enemies list. It’s possible that he has one, but the list of people whose security clearance is under review isn’t it. An enemies list would be longer and would include, for example, Jim Acosta. The list in question is simply a group of people who may not deserve the privilege of having a security clearance now that they are not in government.
Calling the list an “enemies lists” has its uses, though. It enable aging liberals to gloat about being on Nixon’s enemies list — the real thing. And it enables the Trump-hating mainstream media to push the Trump-as-Nixon theme.
I have an Enemies List. I’ll bet it’s longer than Trump’s.
Here is the reality about presidents and their enemies: (1) every president has them, whether on a list on not; (2) only a stupid president doesn’t know who they are; (3) people who get themselves elected president aren’t that kind of stupid.
The media are experts at spinning stuff that makes perfect sense into something that they can white and bitch about.