{"id":376786,"date":"2018-09-10T17:49:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T16:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/why-trumps-record-lewrockwell\/"},"modified":"2018-09-10T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T16:49:39","slug":"why-trumps-record-lewrockwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/why-trumps-record-lewrockwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump\u2019s Record &#8211; LewRockwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"new-volcast\"><a class=\"volcast-social\" title=\"listen\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/volcast.com\/v.php?url='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href),'','width=350,height=300'); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/volcast.com\/pics\/button_speaker_17x30.png\"\/> Click here to listen<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t<!-- S3 Cache --><!-- S3:S3:Non-Original --><\/p>\n<div data-ad-loc=\"S3\"\/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first reaction to the anonymous anti-Trump op-ed in the\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>was perhaps unusual for a resident of the swamp, which has been so hyper this week: I chuckled, rolled my eyes, and didn\u2019t even make it to the end of the article before losing interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It probably helps that I spent the week in Colorado and Utah, where seemingly no one cares. In the conversations in which I have participated or overheard, this subject has come up zero times. Muted televisions in airports and hotel lounges, which still carry CNN and its angry commentators out of habit, are blissfully ignored as life happens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people outside the swamp either know what the media is up to or just don\u2019t care anymore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As someone who has held appointed positions in two Republican administrations including the incumbent one, I fall in the former category. I\u2019m quite familiar with the methods the media uses to get unattributed disgruntled junior staff to convey the agenda it desires, which is what\u2019s happening here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/why-trumps-record-trumps-medias-spin-30757\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Read the Whole Article<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-left\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Killing-Deep-State-Fight-President\/dp\/1630061026?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1630061026\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/510db7J-ToL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Killing-Deep-State-Fight-President\/dp\/1630061026?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1630061026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Killing the Deep State&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">Jerome R. 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