Media upset POTUS Donnie has been Twitter quiet while abroad. Hey maybe his saving taxpayer money on roaming charges. But is that not what many (including me) have been saying he needs to do less of? So STFU and don’t poke the napping Twitter bear – PB/TK
Trump’s Mostly Successful Quiet First Foreign Trip Brings Out the Media’s Pettiness, and Worse – By Stephen Miller / May 26 2017
When President Trump goes dark on Twitter, the American media begins to sweat. No matter what kind of lure they’ve been able to dangle before him during his first foreign trip as president, he hasn’t taken the bait. A Politico report suggests it’s because the president’s aides have loaded his schedule to limit his cable news and Twitter habits. That sounds believable given his impulses.
There was certainly a collective holding of the nation’s breath as Trump set off on his first foreign trip, which started in Saudi Arabia to celebrate a massive arms deal and–face it–probably future Trump golf courses and hotels. What is he going to say to embarrass us all? Which world leader will he insult?
But despite Trump’s reputation and troubles at home — with everything from a stalled agenda, to a mounting special investigation into something to do with Russia (Something no one can still quiet say with certainty that is) — it has to be stated, even by ardent critics, that Trump’s first trip overseas has been a successful, mostly gaffe-free affair. Love or hate it, he facilitated a massive arms deal with Saudi Arabia, an unfortunate necessity to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region thanks to a nuclear arms deal of their own, courtesy of Trump’s predecessor. On top of a well-received speech to Arab world leaders, the president danced with swords and touched some orbs and didn’t send Sean Spicer off into the desert completely to fend for himself. So that’s a plus.
Continue to heatst.com article: https://heatst.com/politics/trumps-mostly-successful-quiet-first-foreign-trip-brings-out-the-medias-pettiness-and-worse/
