The Trump Sanewashing Hall of Fame Gets a New Entry
Jennifer Schulze
Every single time Donald Trump gives a speech, it’s a chaotic mess. He always rants about his personal grievances. He makes up accomplishments that do not exist. He veers into bizarre fantasies that end up becoming reckless American policy. He also regularly tells lies and spreads conspiracy theories.
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This past Saturday, Trump gave the commencement speech at West Point. As usual, Trump repeatedly veered away from his prepared remarks. Speaking for nearly an hour, Trump’s ramble included comments about trophy wives, yachts, Chicago mobster Al Capone, a ‘stolen’ rocket, short golfers, male models, drag shows, trans women, and the size of his election victory. All while wearing the most prominent political symbol of his campaign, a red MAGA hat.
The New York Times headline writers decided all that (including the 6-minute trophy wife diatribe) was not worth mentioning. The headline in the paper of record is “Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era”. Wow. That is some incredible sanewashing. It almost sounds like Fox, Trump’s state-tv network, wrote it. In the Times story itself, you have to read all the way to the 20th paragraph to get the slightest mention of Trump’s trademark rambling:
“Mr. Trump also rambled at times as he took shots at his opponents and told stories about his famous golf buddy Gary Player and how the real-estate developer William Levitt came to have a “trophy wife.”
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