The media’s previously soft treatment of Trump is the best evidence his latest charge is correct

I have a theory that one of the reasons Trump understands the news media so very well (and thus is able to manipulate them like no one else in political history) is that he is so much like the average modern reporter. He is not very bright but has a short attention span, likes a good/easy narrative, has no interest in details, puts little value on morals, and just wants to be rich and famous.

Part of this theory is that one of the reasons that Trump is so positive that the media is dumb and corrupt is that he is amazed at what they have allowed him to get away with through the years. The fact that they have now helped him become President of the United States, all while pretending to oppose him (I’m still convinced much of the news media was conflicted because they knew how awesome his presidency would be for them personally) has probably solidified in his mind forever that he is right about the media.

Groucho Marx once famously said that he never wanted to be a member of a club that would let him in. Likewise, it’s very possible that Trump will never respect the news media for the very reason that they allowed him to dupe them until it was too late. And it wasn’t even that difficult.