The Princess vs. the Demagogue - By Charles M. Blow

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The Princess vs. the Demagogue

Trump again shows his attitude toward women who dare to stand up to him.

By Charles M. Blow
Opinion Columnist

June 2, 2019

In an interview Saturday with Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing British tabloid, The Sun, President Trump characterized statements by Meghan Markle, before she became Duchess of Sussex, as “nasty” during the 2016 campaign.

Of course, Trump was being led in this exchange to be precisely who we all know he is. The question itself was problematic, as it disclosed a biased characterization by the journalist, who asks Trump: “Are you sorry not to see her because she wasn’t so nice about you during the campaign? I don’t know if you saw that.”

Nice? That’s right, an antonym to nasty. It was a setup, but one that both parties wanted.

The Sun is in some ways like a British print edition of America’s Fox News, but it is also Britain’s largest paper. That’s the paradox.

Indeed, shortly after the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, The Sun published an ominous headline that covered nearly all of the front page. In a large white font on a black background the paper asserted: “1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis.” As The Independent reported, the headline was “accompanied by an image of British ISIS member Mohammad Emwazi, also known as ‘Jihadi John,’ ” who is hoisting a knife. There is a reference to a piece entitled, “Time for Britain to Shut Door.” The paper was ordered to admit that the story was “significantly misleading.”

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