Trump and the Press - How Transparent is the President-elect Going To Be?

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John A. Smith, Founder/Editor, New York, December 15, 2016 10:05 PM

How Transparent is Trump Going To Be?

First he said he would "turn over his tax returns when the Internal Revenue Service audit was completed." After the IRS said there was nothing illegal about him turning over his tax returns during an audit he changed his excuse to "I will turn over my tax returns when Hillary turns over her 33,000 missing e-mails." Well, the election is over making that a moot point, yet, no tax returns. It's no secret that Trump does not like ANY media because they report his exact words, which a very high percentage of the time turn out to be outright lies, or ignorance. Today he tweeted "The media tries so hard to make my move to the White House, as it pertains to my business, so complex - when actually it isn't!" Really?! "How about how his kids are going to run his businesses, and just not tell him anything? What about that long awaited "Press Conference" he's been touting for today that was going to explain how "easy it's going to be.?" Perhaps it was postponed until "sometime in January" because Kurt Eichenwald, (Newsweek) published a cover story on Wednesday showing very serious conflicts that have already been put in play. "Conflicts Zone - How Trump's Business Ties Have Put America In A Bind" was previewed by Rachael Maddow (The Rachael Maddow Show - MSNBC) on Tuesday night and explained how Donald Trump mentioned, in fact carried on about and praised, an executive of the Dogan company, that is the key player in building the "Trump Towers - Istanbul" during a congratulatory phone call from the President of Turkey, the day after he was elected. The President of Turkey wants an Imam, a United States citizen, living in Pennsylvania, extradited, because he believes the Imam is responsible for coordinating the coup attempt in Turkey this past summer. So, on Tuesday, The President of Turkey arrested that executive and blamed him and the founder of the company, for being complicit in the coup attempt. An official in the Turkey government said, "The President of Turkey wants someONE, and the President-elect of the United States wants someTHING (that would be the millions of dollars Trump and his family are getting for letting that company, Dogan, use the Trump name on those towers)." Read the whole story of how Trump is now in a position of getting blackmailed day one of his presidency

Read Kurt Eichenwald's full article - "How Donald Trump's Business Ties Are Already Jeopardizing U.S. Interests

White House Press Briefings

Reince Priebus, President-elect Donald Trump's soon to be Chief of Staff, told conservative radio show host Hugh Hewitt today, "Even looking at things like the daily, the daily White House briefing from the Press Secretary, I mean, there's a lot of different ways things can be done and I assure you we're looking at that. The first front row of assigned seats issue, as I understand it, started in the Obama administration. In the Bush administration, you just took a seat and I guess there were a couple people that had reserved spots, but for the most part, the more formalized reserved seating piece came in over the last eight years. That issue is being talked about. The Point of all this conversation is that the traditions, while some of them are great, I think it's time to revisit a lot of these things that have been done in the White House."

The Flaunting of Ignorance, lack of Knowledge, and the Willingness To Talk Without Knowing Any Facts Is Showing

As Ronald Reagan would say, in response to Priebus's statement "Well, there you go again." First of all it's quite obvious Reince Priebus made this statement without having ANY prior knowledge of White House Press Briefing protocol or history.

The first front row of assigned seats issue, as I understand it, started in the Obama administration." NO, Mr. Priebus, According to a statement put out by Jeff Mason, President of the White House Correspondents' Association, (WHCA) "That was not an Obama-era innovation as Mr. Priebus suggested. The WHCA assumed responsibility for assigning seats in the briefing room over the last two decades at the request of both Republican and Democratic administrations, who were mindful of the potential appearance of playing favorites if they assigned seats themselves.

Trump has said recently of his tweeting "I tweet because press not covering my honestly." Does President-elect Trump understand what a "free press" is? I know for a fact he doesn't know what a "blind trust" is. Does he think that when the press reports his exact words, which are often lies, outrageous fabrications, and attacks on our (soon to be his) intelligence community that the press is being dishonorable?