Why Trump Will Lose His War On The Media

A brief, but concise analysis by senior adviser Marvin Kalb that explains the troubled relationship between President Donald Trump and U.S. media.

Since President Trump was elected, discussions about the power of fake news have grown exponentially in the media sector, but not yet enough among civil society.

It is time to acknowledge what Trump's war with the media is all about.

According to Kalb, Trump is not only violating the spirit of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — and in so endangering American democracy. He is also hiding a sinister purpose consistent with his form of populist authoritarianism. He is seeking to weaken the press so that he would be able to govern as he wishes.

This way to see the media, as an enemy "of the people", Kalb argues, is a judgment he shares with Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Adolf Hitler.

Will he succeed?