Since Trump began the whole #fakenews thing however long ago, it seems that the media can be depended on to attack anything he does. While this has become predictable and for many people, not even remotely surprising anymore, I can't help but feel as though the President is actually helping to make this happen on purpose.
A good case in point would be his recent FB post about North Korea
I think that most people would agree that unless the man is actively pursuing the press jumping all over this that it would probably have been better to just say nothing. I don't think people were really thinking about North Korea at the moment and of course there are going to be a lot of people that are going to criticize the man for being "friends" with a person who is pretty well-known for being a brutal dictator.
However, when i see this I start to wonder what Trump's true motive is. I believe that he is goading the media and all of his critics. I think he is trying to lead the media down a path of additional ridiculousness (is that even a word? It isn't underlined.... hmmm.)
His self-glorification is certainly nothing new but I would be willing to bet that the media is going to take the bait straight away. It is probably already going on but since I don't watch the news I have no idea and I'm not going to look into it.
Is Trump playing the media? It certainly starts to seem that way in situations like this.
In the meantime, reading the comments on these FB posts is hilarious and also reveals a great deal about the lack of intelligence that exists in the world. More often than not, the "there / their / they're" and "to / too" situations are done incorrectly.