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MY TURN WARREN ‘MIKE’ CALDWELL

Commentary pieces reveal blind hatred

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President Donald Trump departs the White House on May 19 for his trip to the Middle East. [ABACA PRESS/TNC]

Recent Commentary pieces illustrate, if nothing else, the unstable state of mind possessed by so-called journalists regarding President Trump. I refer to the Feb. 19 piece by E.J. Dionne (“Bring down president now, not later”); the May 13 contribution by Mary Ann Sorrentino (“Delegation must go after President Trump”); and Froma Harrop’s May 17 column (“This toxic president, too, shall pass”).

Those three are apparently so blinded by total, absolute, visceral, personal hatred for Mr. Trump they have proven incapable of anything resembling rational, critical analysis or cogent thought. Such has been the case from the first day this president declared his candidacy.

Since that time, he has been mocked, vilified, excoriated, demonized, laughed at and humiliated by virtually every mainstream news agency lackey and television talk show host. During the run-up to the election, leftists were foolish enough to believe their skewed polling data allegedly confirming Ms. Clinton as a slam-dunk winner in November. This same media turned a blind eye while the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party establishment colluded to steal the nomination from Bernie Sanders.

As a consequence, we now have spoiled, ill-tempered, petulant children like Mr. Dionne stating “the man serving as president of the United States plainly has no business being president of the United States.” He claims Mr. Trump’s approach to leadership is the “product of indiscipline, deceit, incompetence and moral indifference,” and that “Trump’s loyalties are now in doubt,” given concocted, unsubstantiated stories about collusion with Mr. Putin and Russian election interference.

Ditto for the emotional tirade by Ms. Sorrentino, imploring Rhode Island’s congressional delegation: “Do something! Go after the president. Stop dragging your prosecutorial feet. If there are ties to Russia, expose them and prosecute.” She refers to the president as “a self-absorbed spoiled brat with no government experience and zero diplomatic skills.”

Ms. Sorrentino should not only take note of the warm welcome accorded the president during his recent Middle East visit, but also closely examine the almost immediate and positive reversal in the nation’s economic posture and consumer confidence in the wake of Mr. Trump’s November victory. It’s the economy, stupid.

Lastly, the pièce de résistance. Ms. Harrop’s opening salvo reads, “Boy, wouldn’t it be great to get that mentally unstable thug out of the Oval Office?” “Thug,” Ms. Harrop?

She cites “polls showing a collapse in the general public’s support for Trump.” No doubt the same polls that showed Ms. Clinton as the victor last November. This premise, as with all her allegations, is pure, unadulterated propaganda.

Were Ms. Harrop and the rest of the spiteful, vengeful, unhinged media to study the facts, they might grasp that the majority of this nation has finally had a bellyful of political correctness, liberalism, globalism, and empty Utopian Democratic (and Republican) promises inexorably driving America into a social, cultural, economic and political death-spiral.

The 63 million voters who turned out in support of Mr. Trump were willing to roll the dice on someone representing an agenda for positive, genuine change. Someone who, while recognizing global interconnections, would actually put American interests first. Someone determined to restore U.S. credibility among our allies, and respect — and apprehension — among adversaries who wish us harm. Someone to cashier the “good-old-boy” ways of Congress, as well as dealing with Washington’s unabashed abuse of the American workforce, treating the taxpayer as a bottomless ATM machine to feed a bloated, irresponsible, fiscally out-of-control bureaucracy.

I suggest those noted above, and their media allies, come to grips with a simple truth: their blindly vindictive, venomous personal animus toward Mr. Trump has now effectively destroyed their ability to accurately, rationally and critically assess the issues facing the nation.

In the interests of responsible, reputable journalism and restoring public trust, it is incumbent upon the Fourth Estate to reverse its all-too-obvious bias and prejudice. Journalists should be brokers of accurate information born of due diligence, measured analysis, and rational criticism on behalf of the body politic. Should they fail to change their ways, they will remain discounted and rejected by the American people.

—Warren “Mike” Caldwell, of Middletown, served 25 years as a naval officer and carrier aviator. He has been employed as a corporate jet pilot since 1998.

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