At
Joint Base Andrews yesterday, July 8, 2017, as President Trump
approached Marine-One for a flight to the White House following his
successful trip to Europe to attend the G20 talks, he saw the cap of
the Marine who was standing guard at the helicopter laying on the
tarmac where the wind had blown it. The President deftly picked up
the cap, placed it back on the head of the rigidly at-attention
Marine, gave the Marine a pat on the arm and a word of encouragement
into his ear to signify his appreciation for the young man’s
service, and then boarded the aircraft.
The
next thing I expect to hear from CNN about this event is that the
President intimidated the Marine and frightened him by his abrupt
approach, his invasion of the Marine’s personal space, his
aggressively and angrily shoving the cap back on the Marine’s head,
and that he assaulted the Marine by striking him on the arm and
yelling racial insults into his ear. The Marine was, you see, a
patriotic young black man, and to date CNN has not allowed any
opportunity to pass in which they don’t misreport and lying
misstate every act that President Trump makes. So I’m waiting for
them to lie about this event and place as negative a twist on the
President’s kindly actions as they can.
Where
is the editorial staff of CNN to not lie about the President’s act
of kindness and his obvious appreciation for the Marine’s selfless
service to his country, that they don’t label his acts as racism
and intimidation? I fear that CNN is not living up to its lying,
hate-Trump standards and is beginning to slip a little bit. Could
this cautious and risky first step lead to CNN’s impartially
reporting the news as events occur instead of making every happening
into a political crime worthy of punishment of some sort? I doubt it.
