>>"…the fact that Trump has received more negative coverage than his predecessor is hardly surprising. The early days of his presidency have been marked by far more missteps and miss-hits, often self-inflicted, than any presidency in memory, perhaps ever."
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>>"Never in the nation’s history has the country had a president with so little fidelity to the facts, so little appreciation for the dignity of the presidential office, and so little understanding of the underpinnings of democracy. The media’s credibility today is at low ebb, but the Trump presidency is not the time for the press to pull back."
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>It doesn't require much thought to conclude that this quote is absurd.

Why absurd? An opinion maybe, and not unreasonable.

>How did he measure, for example, Warren Harding's appreciation of the dignity of the office, or US Grant's?
>Old Ulysses didn't spend many sober days there.
>I wonder what lofty appreciation Clinton was showing while molesting interns in the Oval Office or renting out the Lincoln bedroom.

Actually, a quote from Lincoln having said about Gen. US Grant "for if it (the whiskey) made fighting generals like Grant, I should like to get some of it for distribution.”
Do you think that Trump's incessant baseless claims show appreciation for the dignity of the office? Shouldn't he join those you listed above?
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