“THE BIG IDEA: The deconstruction of the administrative state will not be televised.
Donald Trump is eager to look like a man of action, pulling the levers of government and redirecting the ship of state. The president has had a photo op to reinforce this narrative nearly every day since taking office. […] With that in mind, it should speak volumes when Trump does not invite camera crews into the Oval Office to film him taking action. Three recent examples illustrate this:”
The Daily 202: What Trump didn’t want you to see him signing
The Washington Post
Alternative facts,
disguised as reality
encourage those hacks
dispensing banality.
With cyber attacks
distracting democracy,
we’re turning our backs
on silent atrocity.
© Susan E. Eckenrode, 2017