I hope I'm not out of line by calling to attention some seemingly obvious facts.
Trump has functioned as his own worst antagonist here. Had Trump simply provided a curt but sufficient reply to Acosta's follow-up, we wouldn't be having this conversation. But because to Trump, if he's not being flattered, Trump wants vengeance. The controversy continues.
"Trump told aides he thought he looked 'terrible' and blamed his chief of staff's office ... for not counseling him that skipping the cemetery visit would be a public relations nightmare." / WaPo / Stephen Colbert 181114 commenting on the gathering of over 80 world leaders in Europe to commemorate the WWI 100th anniversary ceremony, a ceremony Trump was scheduled to attend, but did not. The other 80+ world leaders did.
These many stains on Trump's record are self-imposed.
"If you make a mistake,
and you know it was a mistake,
and you do not correct your mistake,
you have made two mistakes." Chinese aphorism
The sooner Trump restores Acosta's press credential, the sooner the controversy, the negative publicity on Trump ends.
"It should be obvious to anyone why conservatives and libertarians should be against Trump. He has no grounding in belief. No core philosophy. No morals. No loyalty. No curiosity. No empathy and no understanding. He demands personal loyalty and not loyalty to the nation. His only core belief is in his own superiority to everyone else. His only want is exercise more and more personal power." smb / purveyor of fact 18/03/18
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