On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 4:07:08 PM UTC-6, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com   
   wrote:   
   > from an NBC affiliate:   
   >    
   > Now that the election of Donald J. Trump is official, get ready    
   > for the reality-TV presidency.  Trump plans to rule the country    
   > much the same way he ran The Apprentice. There will be drama,    
   > finger pointing and sudden plot twists. At the center of it all    
   > will be Trump, commanding attention, building his brand, driving    
   > ratings, and stretching the truth.   
   >    
   > At age 70, there is no sign that Trump will somehow dial down    
   > his rhetoric, grow into the office, or even grow up. There will    
   > not be much in the way of policy debates, engaging the press or    
   > any effort to unite a divided country. Instead, Trump will    
   > be the tweeter-in-chief, moving markets, upending policy,    
   > and attacking those who get under his thin skin in 140-character    
   > outbursts.   
   >    
   > Under Trump, Americans are going to have to work hard to get    
   > the truth. In addition to the explosion of fake news, Trump,    
   > who for years pushed the bogus story that President Obama was    
   > not a U.S. citizen, seems bent on bending the facts. Since the    
   > election, Trump has continued to spread lies. He falsely claimed    
   > - in a tweet - that he won the popular vote "if you deduct the    
   > millions of people who voted illegally." He also claimed to    
   > save 1,100 jobs at Carrier from moving to Mexico when the    
   > real number is about 800, and those jobs are only temporary.   
   >    
   > full commentary at:   
   > http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20161220_Inquirer_Editori   
   l__Welcome_to_the_reality_TV_presidency.html   
   >    
   >    
   > (His followers will fall back on blaming Hillary and Obama.  But   
   > they are gone, ancient history and no longer the issue.)   
      
   NBC/Comcast gave Him free national exposure for years with his NBC show. I'm   
   glad I never subscribed to cable tv. He already has 2 instances of stock   
   manipulation by tweeting about aerospace contractors which caused their stock   
   prices to fall. Insider    
   scams will be the hallmark of the next 4 years.   
      
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