Former President Donald Trump, 76, was slammed by the liberal press for congratulating 69-year-old Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for winning reelection May 28, reminding everyone what the media did to Trump during his presidency. Trump had strong, cooperative and pragmatic relations with U.S. allies and foes during his presidency, condemned by the U.S. press as pandering to dictators. Thanks to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who lost to Trump in 2016, her fake Steele dossier resonated with the press and government agencies accusing Trump of Russian collusion. Trump was condemned by the press for being the first president in U.S. history to go to North Korea to make peace with 39-year-old North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Trump tried to make peace with Kim to stop nuclear threats against the United States.
No U.S. government, before or after Trump, could stop Kim’s nuclear program, leaving only diplomacy to mitigate the nuclear threat to the United States. Yet the U.S. press routinely condemned Trump for his relations to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. What’s the U.S. press saying about 80-year-old President Joe Biden who’s at war with the Russian Federation? Biden has nearly broken off relations with Russia and Communist China, yet the press says nothing. Only when Trump was in office did the press undermine his relations with U.S. adversaries and allies. Congratulating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump faces the same condemnation today then he did when president. Now that the U.S. is at war with Russia and moving closer to war with China, the press has nothing but praise for Biden, proving the U.S. press seeks war.
Democrats and the U.S. press must admit their role in warmongering, condemning Trump for his relations with U.S. allies and adversaries. “Congratulations to President Recept Tayyip Erdogan on his big and well-deserved victor in Turkey,” Trump said May 28 on his Truth Social platform. “He is a friend, and have learned firsthand how much he loves his Country and the great people of Turkey, which he has lifted to a new level of prominence and respect,” Trump said, evoking condemnation from the liberal press. Trump held positive relations with many countries now regarded under Biden as persona non gratata. Since taking office, Biden trashed decades of practical relations with Russia and China, leaving U.S. foreign policy out on a limb. U.S. can no longer count on Russia or China to help resolve hot spots around the globe, especially with dangerous countries like Iran and North Korea.
New York Time and Washington Post had no problem joining Democrat political operatives in writing fake stories about Trump accusing him of ties to the Kremlin. Even after Special Counsel Robert Mueller finished his 22-month, $40 million investigation into Trump ties to the Kremlin, clearing Trump of any wrongdoing, the Times and Post continued their fake reporting. Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) readily leaked fake intel about Trump’s ties to the Kremlin, promoting the bogus narrative. Schiff, who’s running for Senate in California was used by the Democrat Party to discredit Trump. Watching the press condemn Trump for congratulating Erdogan for his reelection shows that the press still plays its political games. New York Times and Washington Post have no problem letting Biden use Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to push his Ukraine War.
U.S. press accuses Erdogan of suppressing press freedoms, persecuting journalists that oppose his quasi-authoritarian role. Erdogan’s rival, Kemeal Kliodaroglu, blamed Erdogan for driving Turkey’s high inflation and failure to deal with its destruction following a 7.8 earthquake Feb. 6. Professor Ersin Kalaycioglu, political science at Sabanci University, told the New York Times that Turkey faces a choice of “going down the road to authoritarianism or switching track and going back to democracy,” the exact statements made by the U.S. press about Trump. New York Time and Washington Post demonize Trump as another authoritarian leader, knowing there’s no parallel in the United States with Turkey. Liberal news outlets praise Biden for going to war against Russia to defend European democracy despite knowing he’s threatening U.S. national security and world peace.
Biden’s foreign policy of joining Ukraine’s war against the Kremlin has wrecked U.S.-Russian relations and drives China into a close economic, strategic and military alliance with the Russian Federation. Trump had the world at peace during his presidency with the U.S. economy humming along with sustainable growth without inflation. Biden proxy war against the Kremlin with his Russian oil embargo fueled the worst inflation in over 40 years, leaving most European and Asian countries in a slow growth or contraction pattern. Why the U.S. press promotes war with Russia and supports military conflict with Communist China is anyone’s guess. Trump’s policy of peace-through-strength by develop pragmatic relations with allies and adversaries doesn’t work for Democrats and the liberal press. Biden has pushed the world to the brink of WW III, damaging the U.S. and world economy.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
