Trump is betting on himself, and his cellphone, to control the Epic Fury narrative
Notice what's missing.
President Donald Trump has adopted a new strategy for shaping coverage of the war in Iran — a rapid-fire blitz of short phone interviews with reporters that allows him to drive the narrative while limiting real-time pushback
Across his first term and the first quarter of his second, Trump has solidified himself as one of — if not the absolute — most media-friendly presidents in history. Trump routinely holds marathon press conferences at the White House and on the road, both in stand-alone formats or pegged onto the back-end of other public appearances.
But over the past several weeks, even before he gave the go-ahead for military operations in Iran, Trump had scaled back these events, and in the 12 days since the first bombs fell on Tehran, he’s moved onto a new strategy for controlling the narrative: Conducting dozens of interviews by phone with reporters across the media landscape.
Most of the calls are brief, lasting between 5-10 minutes, but Trumpworld insiders tell the Washington Examiner that these quick conversations are giving Trump another lever to pull when it comes to filtering news about the war, not to mention public perceptions and sentiment.
One longtime, out-of-government adviser to the president called Trump’s phone strategy a “stroke of genius.”
“What you’re seeing now is President Trump understanding the media even more than the reporters themselves do,” that person assessed. “These interviews aren’t in an extended setting, so there isn’t real time to push back on the president’s claims. Reporters [and] outlets will publish his words because who wouldn’t publish an interview with the president? And it’s giving the president a direct line to message around the war to audiences who might not be tuning into every single White House event, or audiences who don’t consume so-called friendly media.”
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A former Trump White House official told the Washington Examiner that Trump’s specific choice of words is particularly effective in discussing the strategy and fallout from the war.
“Most people aren’t experts on military policy or foreign relations, or anything remotely political, really. Critics will say that President Trump speaks critically, or even un-presidentially, but I would say he speaks in a relatable way that all Americans can easily understand,” the former official claimed. “That’s especially important while discussing events thousands of miles away, in a …
Notice what's missing.
President Donald Trump has adopted a new strategy for shaping coverage of the war in Iran — a rapid-fire blitz of short phone interviews with reporters that allows him to drive the narrative while limiting real-time pushback
Across his first term and the first quarter of his second, Trump has solidified himself as one of — if not the absolute — most media-friendly presidents in history. Trump routinely holds marathon press conferences at the White House and on the road, both in stand-alone formats or pegged onto the back-end of other public appearances.
But over the past several weeks, even before he gave the go-ahead for military operations in Iran, Trump had scaled back these events, and in the 12 days since the first bombs fell on Tehran, he’s moved onto a new strategy for controlling the narrative: Conducting dozens of interviews by phone with reporters across the media landscape.
Most of the calls are brief, lasting between 5-10 minutes, but Trumpworld insiders tell the Washington Examiner that these quick conversations are giving Trump another lever to pull when it comes to filtering news about the war, not to mention public perceptions and sentiment.
One longtime, out-of-government adviser to the president called Trump’s phone strategy a “stroke of genius.”
“What you’re seeing now is President Trump understanding the media even more than the reporters themselves do,” that person assessed. “These interviews aren’t in an extended setting, so there isn’t real time to push back on the president’s claims. Reporters [and] outlets will publish his words because who wouldn’t publish an interview with the president? And it’s giving the president a direct line to message around the war to audiences who might not be tuning into every single White House event, or audiences who don’t consume so-called friendly media.”
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A former Trump White House official told the Washington Examiner that Trump’s specific choice of words is particularly effective in discussing the strategy and fallout from the war.
“Most people aren’t experts on military policy or foreign relations, or anything remotely political, really. Critics will say that President Trump speaks critically, or even un-presidentially, but I would say he speaks in a relatable way that all Americans can easily understand,” the former official claimed. “That’s especially important while discussing events thousands of miles away, in a …
Trump is betting on himself, and his cellphone, to control the Epic Fury narrative
Notice what's missing.
President Donald Trump has adopted a new strategy for shaping coverage of the war in Iran — a rapid-fire blitz of short phone interviews with reporters that allows him to drive the narrative while limiting real-time pushback
Across his first term and the first quarter of his second, Trump has solidified himself as one of — if not the absolute — most media-friendly presidents in history. Trump routinely holds marathon press conferences at the White House and on the road, both in stand-alone formats or pegged onto the back-end of other public appearances.
But over the past several weeks, even before he gave the go-ahead for military operations in Iran, Trump had scaled back these events, and in the 12 days since the first bombs fell on Tehran, he’s moved onto a new strategy for controlling the narrative: Conducting dozens of interviews by phone with reporters across the media landscape.
Most of the calls are brief, lasting between 5-10 minutes, but Trumpworld insiders tell the Washington Examiner that these quick conversations are giving Trump another lever to pull when it comes to filtering news about the war, not to mention public perceptions and sentiment.
One longtime, out-of-government adviser to the president called Trump’s phone strategy a “stroke of genius.”
“What you’re seeing now is President Trump understanding the media even more than the reporters themselves do,” that person assessed. “These interviews aren’t in an extended setting, so there isn’t real time to push back on the president’s claims. Reporters [and] outlets will publish his words because who wouldn’t publish an interview with the president? And it’s giving the president a direct line to message around the war to audiences who might not be tuning into every single White House event, or audiences who don’t consume so-called friendly media.”
‘TOO MANY COOKS’: IS FLOODING THE ZONE HURTING TRUMP’S IRAN MESSAGE?
A former Trump White House official told the Washington Examiner that Trump’s specific choice of words is particularly effective in discussing the strategy and fallout from the war.
“Most people aren’t experts on military policy or foreign relations, or anything remotely political, really. Critics will say that President Trump speaks critically, or even un-presidentially, but I would say he speaks in a relatable way that all Americans can easily understand,” the former official claimed. “That’s especially important while discussing events thousands of miles away, in a …
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