Jeff Flake Rips President Trump’s Remarks About the Press

Flake on President Trump and the Press

Earlier today, Flake shared the following remarks with ABC:

“When you reflexively refer to the press as the enemy of the people or fake news, that has real damage. It has real damage to our standing in the world. I noted how bad it is for a President to take what was popularized by Joseph Stalin, the enemy of the people, to refer to the press.”

Flake is not the only person in politics to opine the aforesaid viewpoints. Many liberals and other critics of President Trump and echoed these sentiments. The President’s frequent criticism of the media has encouraged his detractors to compare him to infamous dictators like Stalin and Hitler. However, President Trump and his supporters maintain that the media often provides erroneous information. In many regards, they are correct. There are several, factual instances to support the claims from both the President and his base.

The Reality of Fake News

Despite Flake’s criticism of President Trump’s remarks regarding the mainstream media, there are times when the press fails to release accurate reports. The most recent example of this is when the Wall Street Journal alleged that President Trump said ‘I have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un.’ In reality, the President stated “I’d have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un.”