# Well said, Mr Trump.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-said-mr-trump/787315>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-said-mr-trump/787315 "2017-05-23T23:02:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-said-mr-trump/787315/66 "2017-05-24T15:39:23Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> You might try reading the full post rather than just the title.

Full post the 1st:

> [@Trump and the hostile press](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-hostile-press/776902/1):
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> I caught part of Trump’s press conference. I must own that despite Trump being Trump, I have some sympathy for him in this regard; many of the press corps actively campaigned against him, and now they’re publishing unsubstantiated allegations.
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> Has there ever been an incoming president who has faced such a hostile press corps? If so, what did he do about it?

Full post the 2nd:

> [@Are all the Trump threads diminishing the Straight Dope Brand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-the-trump-threads-diminishing-the-straight-dope-brand/780018/1):
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> There are a lot of threads about Trump. Most of them negative. Many of those threads are false or attempted slams (no, Trump is not functionally illiterate). A casual visitor might well look at the Dope and decry us as bigoted moonbats.
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> I am concerned that the concerted unwarranted attacks on Trump are diminishing the utility and brand of the Straight Dope. I don’t like the man (how sad is it that I actually have to say that?) but we’re supposed to be about fighting ignorance, not promoting it.
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> Sample threads in which I have participated:
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819113](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819113)  
> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819179](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819179)  
> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819214](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819214)  
> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819190](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819190)
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> I do not know how the Dope can overcome this; I leave that to better minds.

Summary: “Lay off Mr.Twump!”

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