On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 4:07:08 PM UTC-6, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com
wrote:
> from an NBC affiliate:
> 
> Now that the election of Donald J. Trump is official, get ready 
> for the reality-TV presidency.  Trump plans to rule the country 
> much the same way he ran The Apprentice. There will be drama, 
> finger pointing and sudden plot twists. At the center of it all 
> will be Trump, commanding attention, building his brand, driving 
> ratings, and stretching the truth.
> 
> At age 70, there is no sign that Trump will somehow dial down 
> his rhetoric, grow into the office, or even grow up. There will 
> not be much in the way of policy debates, engaging the press or 
> any effort to unite a divided country. Instead, Trump will 
> be the tweeter-in-chief, moving markets, upending policy, 
> and attacking those who get under his thin skin in 140-character 
> outbursts.
> 
> Under Trump, Americans are going to have to work hard to get 
> the truth. In addition to the explosion of fake news, Trump, 
> who for years pushed the bogus story that President Obama was 
> not a U.S. citizen, seems bent on bending the facts. Since the 
> election, Trump has continued to spread lies. He falsely claimed 
> - in a tweet - that he won the popular vote "if you deduct the 
> millions of people who voted illegally." He also claimed to 
> save 1,100 jobs at Carrier from moving to Mexico when the 
> real number is about 800, and those jobs are only temporary.
> 
> full commentary at:
> http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20161220_Inquirer_Editori
l__Welcome_to_the_reality_TV_presidency.html
> 
> 
> (His followers will fall back on blaming Hillary and Obama.  But
> they are gone, ancient history and no longer the issue.)

NBC/Comcast gave Him free national exposure for years with his NBC show. I'm
glad I never subscribed to cable tv. He already has 2 instances of stock
manipulation by tweeting about aerospace contractors which caused their stock
prices to fall. Insider 
scams will be the hallmark of the next 4 years.

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