Let’s also not forget that Fox and Fox News Channel are not considered part of the MSM. The reach that Fox News Channel has is very limited. The MSM has a much greater reach across the US and around the world. Fox News Channel is only a cable show. The MSM has numerous cable channels, Fox has one or two over the air TV channels. The MSM has many more. Then there is radio and newspapers. And let’s not forget the worldwide news outlets some of which I also try and get my news from which is mostly far left leaning. On top of that we have movies, mostly put out by the left and then there are all types of other shows and networks and even none news cable channels that try to push the left agenda and change the truth and history into some sort of perverted reality.

The reach and the ability to sway public opinion by the MSM is far greater than a simple majority of the world. By far much greater. If you are trying to say that the media is influencing most of the population to hold Trump to a higher standard then I would agree that there is some of that. But I believe that even us conservative and Republican folk are also holding Trump to a higher standard. For instance, I have never seen a president get as much done in his first 18 months of office as Trump has. He has kept more promises than any other president has in his first 18 months. More than any other president has during their full terms in my recent memory IMHO. Yet I see you post that “he has not done a good job at keeping his promises.” I believe that even you are holding him to a higher standard. Why are you holding him to a higher standard?

Fair enough. I would consider Fox to be part of the mainstream news media but you are right, Fox doesn't have the same size as many of the other left leaning media groups.

Do I hold him to a higher standard? I suppose maybe I do. Trump has gotten a fair amount done, not as much as some claim but still he has don't a fair amount. I haven't agree with everything he has done though that is not necessarily about a higher standard as it is a difference of opinion on where the country should be taken.

Why do I hold him to a higher standard? I guess I always hold my side to a higher standard. I hold my kids to a higher standard, I hold my wife to a higher standard, I hold myself to a higher standard. How can conservatives be better than liberals if we stoop to their level? If I am playing against someone who cheats I will try to beat them without cheating.

You are completely correct. What I may not live long enough to see is what direction we are going to go over the next 30-40 years as a country in general. Are we really going to move towards socialism? Are we going to see an actual civil war? I read that the newest generation coming of age (Gen-Z?) is turning out to be very conservative. Is this going to change the direction of the country back to a more neutral or conservative direction? Or is it going to be too little too late. Are they going to be the radical right wing fringe group or the majority? The biggest question I have is are we going to lose our 1st and 2nd amendment rights?

If any of the implicates HRC, I hope those folks are current on their life insurance. . .

Promise made, promise kept.
Today, President Trump signed legislation that
provides historic funding to care for our nation’s
veterans.

I think it's time for President Trump to fire the treasonous Pence and appoint Hannity as his VP.

If you missed it, Trump backtracked on ordering the FBI/DOJ to release unredacted texts from the major Russia Collusion investigation players as well as the actual FISA Warrant Applications.

Today, he announced some allies have convinced him releasing that material unreacted could jeopardize their sources and methods.

My question is, how do these allies (I assume UK) know this is true unless they have access to the SECRET FISA COURT DOCUMENTS.

 

Our leading allies in Congress, Jordan, Meadows and Gaetz are not happy with Trump's reversal. Nor am I.

BREAKING:  Canada has agreed to join the trade deal that the U.S. and Mexico announced last month,
according to two people familiar with the matter. The move preserves the three-country format of the
original North American Free Trade Agreement favored by business groups and congressional Republicans.

The treaty is expected to be signed by leaders of all three countries in 60 days, with Congress likely to act on it in 2019.
A formal announcement is expected before midnight. This story will be updated.

More WINNING!!!!   

Canada agrees to join trade accord with U.S. and Mexico, sending new NAFTA deal to Congress

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-and-canada-closing-in-on-a-new-nafta-deal-as-deadline-looms/2018/09/30/2ef72018-c50b-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html?utm_term=.cbdd66198f49

You knew it was just a matter of time. I am interested in finding out what the tariffs on American dairy products are now? As this was the biggest sticking point between the US and Canada.

On a side note I think China is going to be a a tougher nut to crack. Things are not looking great for them. However, they are far from being in panic mode. I heard on the financial news that they are going to wait until after the elections to see how the landscape changes. And if they have to, they will wait until after the 2020 elections. But, it might get too bad for them if they wait too long. A large chunk of tariffs have not hit them yet. So we’ll have to see how their waiting game turns out.

Regardless of how China works out, this is one more in a long list of campaign promises kept: renegotiate NAFTA to make it fairer for the US.

BEIJING, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Growth in China's manufacturing sector cooled more sharply than
expected in September, suggesting U.S. trade tariffs are starting to deal a heavier blow to the
world's second-largest economy.

The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), released by the National Bureau of Statistics on
Sunday, fell to a 7-month low of 50.8 in September from 51.3 in August, but remained above the
50-point mark that separates growth from contraction for the 26th straight month.

Analysts surveyed by Reuters had forecast the reading would ease to 51.2.

While China's official export data has proved surprisingly resilient so far, many analysts believe
companies have been rushing out shipments to the United States to beat successive rounds of
tariffs, raising the risk of a sharp drop off once duties are actually imposed. The deepening slump
in export orders may be bearing that theory out.

Export-reliant Chinese cities and provinces are already showing the strain. Guangdong, China's
biggest province by gross domestic product, reported a drop in exports in the first eight months
from a year earlier.

Demand in China had already been slowing before the U.S. trade row flared, as a multi-year crackdown
on riskier lending and debt started to push up companies' borrowing costs. Fixed-asset investment
growth has sunk to a record low.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/29/reuters-america-update-1-china-sept-factory-growth-slows-amid-trade-tensions.html

I agree. But China is the biggie. If we can change China’s behavior and get into a fairer trade deal with them, our trade deficit might be small enough that we can stop going farther into debt every quarter.

You can imagine the feather in Trump’s hat if he pulls China off.