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When Can Americans Trust the President?

By TAYLOR FARNSWORTH
Staff Writer

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer continues to fall victim to the press. After a series of tweets by President Trump accusing Barack Obama of “wiretapping” Trump Tower during the election, journalists have pressed the issue, seeking any information to validate the claim.

During a press conference last week, journalists confronted Spicer on the issue, simply asking, “when can we trust the president?”
According to Spicer, it is easy to know when to trust the President.

“If he is not joking, of course,” was his response.

Fair enough, Spicer, but does that make it the public’s job to distinguish whether or not the President is joking every time he mindlessly tweets something in the middle of the night?

Apparently journalists and Americans missed the fact that President Trump had “wire tapping” in quotes in his tweet, therefore meaning he wasn’t actually referring to wiretapping, just surveillance in general. So why wasn’t that what was tweeted?

There are other ways to conduct surveillance, according to Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to the President.

Conway stated in an interview with Mike Kelly that wiretapping meant a variety of different types of surveillance, including microwaves being used as cameras.

Her claim of microwave surveillance was ridiculed by many, due to its unfactual nature. When pressed about her answer on CNN with Chris Cuomo, Conway corrected herself, saying, “Chris, I’m not Inspector Gadget. I don’t believe people are using the microwaves to spy on the Trump campaign.” Then what do you believe, Conway?

The problem with Trump and his administration is that they do not know how to communicate.

Even Trump rated himself and his administration a generous “C” when it comes to their ability to communicate to the public. But the President’s job is to reassure the nation of his actions and plans through effective communication that is understood without needing clarification.

If we can’t tell when Trump is joking or not, then I highly doubt foreign leaders can either.

Trump and his administration had little to no evidence that Obama had actually “wire tapped” him during the campaign.

The accusation itself on Twitter is an example of Trump generating “fake news” while distracting journalists from pressing issues such as budget plans, health care reforms and so on.

When we should be discussing issues with more precedence, instead we are bombarded with illogical rhetoric from the president wasting time trying to figure out if he’s joking or being serious.

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