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Trump’s Tariff Comments and Media Misinterpretations: A Deep Dive

By now everyone has heard that former President Donald Trump threatened U.S. democracy or something by predicting a “bloodbath” if he didn’t win re-election in November. Trump didn’t actually do that, as we know: His “bloodbath” comment, delivered at a campaign rally in Ohio, referred to tariffs on Chinese electric cars potentially being made in Mexico, as a brief perusal of what Trump actually said at the rally in Ohio will confirm. But that didn’t stop PBS NewsHour co-anchor Amna Nawaz from stating Monday evening: “A look at former President Donald Trump’s violent language on the campaign trail.”

PBS thought the fake “bloodbath” worthy of two segments, both taking Trump far out of context, just like the Biden campaign wanted. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett launched his own segment thusly:

Former President Donald Trump is under fire again…

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