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Trump’s Presidency Is Built Upon Double Standards
A record of falsehoods and misdeeds that never would have been countenanced before.
Setting the standard.
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Donald Trump and his always enabling press secretary Sarah Sanders charged there was a "double standard" when a television network apologized for a racist comment made about a top aide to Barack Obama but didn't apologize to the current president for its critical remarks about him.
This was sheer narcissism. There was no cause for an apology to Trump. But a double standard does exist in the political dialogue and media coverage. Sometimes it works against Trump. But more often, it works to his advantage. Let's look at how this works.