Here we go again … There were many reasons why Donald Trump was elected U.S. president in 2016. Above all, they enabled the unlikely Trump candidacy to emerge and flourish — by giving Trump so much uncritical airtime for speeches and rallies during the presidential primaries. By giving Trump live coverage of an Oval Office speech replete with lies and distortions, they caved into White House pressure and further coarsened the American political process. Read more:Article Continued BelowEditorial: Trump plays fast and loose with the truth about border security They didn’t have to do this. In his nine-minute speech, with a photograph of his immigrant mother behind his desk, Trump repeated his familiar anti-immigrant themes in defence of a border wall with Mexico.

Source: thestar January 11, 2019 17:48 UTC