CNN Money’s Jill Disis writes that Trump attacks ‘fools’ at The New York Times. There’s a short self-life to attacks on the press. Admittedly, the attack’s good for a headline, and similar insults probably helped in his campaign. Yet, all campaigns blame the press, and the blamecasting is like a narcotic to which addicts slowly become both addicted and inured.
Trump – unlike a conventional leader of conventional appetites – will soon need more tangible targets than the New York Times. The Times? In six months the high from complaints against that paper won’t quicken the political pulse. Few will show up at the rallies he plans to keep holding to hear Trump rail at the Times. They’ll want more; they’ll want a list of tangible results, a list of particular names.
Trump will move on to much stronger stuff than Twitter.