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Trump’s Main Opponent: The Media

Yes, it’s President Joe Biden’s name on the 2024 ballot as former President Trump’s opponent.

But in reality?

In reality, Trump’s main opponent in this presidential election year is the “mainstream” – aka “liberal” – media.

In truth, this game of targeting potential Republican presidential nominees or presidents has been played for decades. Hop in the time traveling machine and take a look at some of the coverage faced by a rising GOP star named Ronald Reagan.

The New York Times declared that Reagan’s candidacy is “patently ridiculous.” The Times added this of Reagan’s run against then-incumbent GOP President Gerald Ford in 1976:

The astonishing thing is that this amusing but frivolous Reagan fantasy is taken so seriously by the news media and particularly by the President (Gerald Ford). It makes a lot of news, but it makes no…

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