At the moment, the war President Trump has declared against the media is a war of words. It’s a war in which he now intends to deploy his ultimate weapon: public opinion. Or should I say the opinion of the minority portion of the public that takes his side whatever it is he says.
It’s easy to sneer at this question by pointing out that Republicans did obstruct Obama for eight years. The Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination that went nowhere—cited here by AOL—is scoffers’ favorite example.
Without that weapon, the media can sound as oafish as the enemy. And let me repeat some of Willis’s observations:
