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So this all here is a perfect example of what I mean when I talk about to Trump, if he doesn't own you, you're against him. Scavino/Trump's complaint is that Senator Brown and Mayor Whaley did not literally echo the White House PR party line, that it was AMAZING, etc.
So this all here is a perfect example of what I mean when I talk about to Trump, if he doesn't own you, you're against him. Scavino/Trump's complaint is that Senator Brown and Mayor Whaley did not literally echo the White House PR party line, that it was AMAZING, etc.
It's not enough to give credit where credit is due, if you give due credit but repeat criticism that still applies, then "nothing is good enough".
Remember: Comey put Trump in the White House, but wouldn't swear allegiance. NYT helped Trump win, but won't fawn over him.
Remember: Comey put Trump in the White House, but wouldn't swear allegiance. NYT helped Trump win, but won't fawn over him.
Then there's the strategic. It's not good "optics" for Trump's people to acknowledge when Democrats give him credit, because it undermines his narrative that they just complain no matter what he does so the complaints should be ignored.
Trump has outright told his journalist frenemies that he started calling them fake news not because of anything they had said but that so when they criticize him in the future they'll already be discredited.
Anybody who is not 100% in the bag for Trump is going to get this kind of criticism, both to make them feel like they have to stick their neck out more for him to get recognition for it, and so when they oppose him, his position is already clear.
