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There is no escape from Donald Trump's opinions.
As president, Trump has almost unlimited ways of communicating with the world, but on Wednesday he opted to pen an op-ed for USA Today. It's a highly partisan piece titled, "Democrats 'Medicare for All' plan will demolish promises to seniors."
Over the course of around 17 paragraphs, Trump bashes the Democrats for what he sees as wanting to "outlaw private health care plans" and take away "freedom to choose plans while letting anyone cross our border."
He explained his strong belief that the "Medicare for All," plan proposed by Bernie Sanders — which aims to provide health care to 28 million uninsured people, provide increased coverage for the 56 million people with Medicare, and more — is "dishonestly" named and would, in fact "eviscerate" Medicare.
"In practice, the Democratic Party’s so-called Medicare for All would really be Medicare for None. Under the Democrats' plan, today’s Medicare would be forced to die," Trump went on to write.
The president also claimed he's worked hard to protect protect coverage for "patients with pre-existing conditions," which he notoriously has not. In case you missed it, the link that's included with "pre-existing conditions" takes you to a Washington Post article that fact-checks his claim and finds it to be false. Whoopsie.
And before we move on, we should point out he went so far as to call members of the modern day Democratic party "radical socialists who want to model America’s economy after Venezuela." Chill!!!
So why did he opt for this particular method of communicating with the American people when he could, say, issue an official statement or even call a damn press conference? Unclear.
Upon seeing the president use such an unconventional method of communication — especially four weeks before midterms — many people were extremely perplexed. They were also outraged at USA Today, to say the least, and called the publication out for not fact-checking Trump's claims.
Wow, even when Trump pens an op-ed, presumably edited by WH staff & editors at USA Today, still like a crazy tweet.
"The centrist Democratic Party is dead. The new Democrats are radical socialists who want to model America’s economy after Venezuela.”https://t.co/bgz932H7Tg
— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) October 10, 2018
Surely the US media long reached the line of credulity (and basic dignity) with Trump that a major newspaper would refuse to publish an oped written by him. But apparently not. https://t.co/hLGl2hiXEb
— Neil McMahon (@NeilMcMahon) October 10, 2018
Pretty amazing. USA Today lets Trump lie about his position on pre-existing conditions, but if you click through the link you get a WaPo fact-checker piece pointing out that his administration is trying to gut those protections in court. pic.twitter.com/LI4LtHw6B1
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2018
USA Today not only published a White House press release disguised as an “op-ed by Donald Trump,” it is using its Twitter account to blast out the article’s lies to 3.6 million followers. https://t.co/5qpjfDOWHh
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 10, 2018
Any serious outlet running an op-ed from a serial liar like Trump, as is, without any fact check, should be ashamed of themselves. @USATODAY, this is embarrassing and a dereliction of duty. Holy crap.https://t.co/BziaGmAWN0
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) October 10, 2018
if Diane Feinstein submitted an op-ed that claimed Trump White House knew about 8 other Kavanaugh accusers but covered it up, would USA Today publish it?
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 10, 2018
Trump: "If we elect Democrats the moon will cease orbiting the earth"
USA Today: "Print it."
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 10, 2018
26 days before the election, @USATODAY publishes a scaremongering editorial under Trump's name with demonstrable lies about which party is for gutting Medicare and which wants to protect pre-existing conditions.
— Alexandraah! Erin (@alexandraerin) October 10, 2018
It appears Trump pivoting to op-eds is truly not a campaign tactic the world is ready for.
UPDATE: Oct. 10, 2018, 1:38 p.m. EDT This article has been updated to include the fact that a link in the op-ed leads to an article which pointed out the president's claim was false.
There is no escape from Donald Trump's opinions.
As president, Trump has almost unlimited ways of communicating with the world, but on Wednesday he opted to pen an op-ed for USA Today. It's a highly partisan piece titled, "Democrats 'Medicare for All' plan will demolish promises to seniors."
Over the course of around 17 paragraphs, Trump bashes the Democrats for what he sees as wanting to "outlaw private health care plans" and take away "freedom to choose plans while letting anyone cross our border."
He explained his strong belief that the "Medicare for All," plan proposed by Bernie Sanders — which aims to provide health care to 28 million uninsured people, provide increased coverage for the 56 million people with Medicare, and more — is "dishonestly" named and would, in fact "eviscerate" Medicare.
"In practice, the Democratic Party’s so-called Medicare for All would really be Medicare for None. Under the Democrats' plan, today’s Medicare would be forced to die," Trump went on to write.
The president also claimed he's worked hard to protect protect coverage for "patients with pre-existing conditions," which he notoriously has not. In case you missed it, the link that's included with "pre-existing conditions" takes you to a Washington Post article that fact-checks his claim and finds it to be false. Whoopsie.
And before we move on, we should point out he went so far as to call members of the modern day Democratic party "radical socialists who want to model America’s economy after Venezuela." Chill!!!
So why did he opt for this particular method of communicating with the American people when he could, say, issue an official statement or even call a damn press conference? Unclear.
Upon seeing the president use such an unconventional method of communication — especially four weeks before midterms — many people were extremely perplexed. They were also outraged at USA Today, to say the least, and called the publication out for not fact-checking Trump's claims.
Wow, even when Trump pens an op-ed, presumably edited by WH staff & editors at USA Today, still like a crazy tweet.
"The centrist Democratic Party is dead. The new Democrats are radical socialists who want to model America’s economy after Venezuela.”https://t.co/bgz932H7Tg
— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) October 10, 2018
Surely the US media long reached the line of credulity (and basic dignity) with Trump that a major newspaper would refuse to publish an oped written by him. But apparently not. https://t.co/hLGl2hiXEb
— Neil McMahon (@NeilMcMahon) October 10, 2018
Pretty amazing. USA Today lets Trump lie about his position on pre-existing conditions, but if you click through the link you get a WaPo fact-checker piece pointing out that his administration is trying to gut those protections in court. pic.twitter.com/LI4LtHw6B1
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2018
USA Today not only published a White House press release disguised as an “op-ed by Donald Trump,” it is using its Twitter account to blast out the article’s lies to 3.6 million followers. https://t.co/5qpjfDOWHh
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 10, 2018
Any serious outlet running an op-ed from a serial liar like Trump, as is, without any fact check, should be ashamed of themselves. @USATODAY, this is embarrassing and a dereliction of duty. Holy crap.https://t.co/BziaGmAWN0
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) October 10, 2018
if Diane Feinstein submitted an op-ed that claimed Trump White House knew about 8 other Kavanaugh accusers but covered it up, would USA Today publish it?
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 10, 2018
Trump: "If we elect Democrats the moon will cease orbiting the earth"
USA Today: "Print it."
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 10, 2018
26 days before the election, @USATODAY publishes a scaremongering editorial under Trump's name with demonstrable lies about which party is for gutting Medicare and which wants to protect pre-existing conditions.
— Alexandraah! Erin (@alexandraerin) October 10, 2018
It appears Trump pivoting to op-eds is truly not a campaign tactic the world is ready for.
UPDATE: Oct. 10, 2018, 1:38 p.m. EDT This article has been updated to include the fact that a link in the op-ed leads to an article which pointed out the president's claim was false.
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