The Heat: President Trump and the media

The Heat

President Trumps relationship with the mediaTrump’s relationship with the press

If such a Facebook page existed Donald Trump’s relationship status with the media would read – “it’s complicated.”

Words like “fake news”, “dishonest” and “the opposition party” have frequently been used by the President and his administration to describe media coverage.

At the same time, General Michael Flynn, Mr. Trump’s National Security Adviser, resigned over controversy related to links and contacts with the Russian government during the 2016 election.

For more on the issues, CGTN’s Jessica Stone reports.

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To discuss Trump’s interaction with the media and the latest resignation of Michael Flynn:
 

  • Lynn Sweet, Washington, DC Bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times
  • Simon Marks,  president and chief correspondent for Feature Story News
  • Afshin Molavi, senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
  • David Freddoso, political commentator and columnist for the DCExaminer 

 

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