What if the legacy media’s fearmongering over President-elect Donald Trump is just that — fearmongering? What if he’s not going to destroy the economy, round up all the immigrants, and wreck public health in this country?
Having worked in journalism for more than a decade, including the four years Trump spent in office, I have my doubts about those doomsday predictions. In fact, the media has sometimes these fears aren’t true. Here are some recent examples of their surprising admissions.
1. Tariffs Won’t Destroy The Economy
If you listen to the legacy media nowadays, you’d think that Trump plans to crater the economy with tariffs.
You can find claims saying that Trump will increase expenses by $3,900 per family annually with tariffs once he takes the Oval Office, and panic about his threats to slap tariffs on Canada and Mexico — two big American business partners.
However, The Associated Press recently admitted that the billionaire businessman didn’t kill the economy with tariffs in his first term.
“Donald Trump loved to use tariffs on foreign goods during his first presidency,” an AP article from Saturday, November 28 reads. “But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in specific industries. The data show they never fully delivered on his promised factory jobs. Nor did they provoke the avalanche of inflation that critics feared.”
One reason why the legacy media may attack Trump so much on tariffs, however, is that print newspapers use Canadian softwood lumber as paper. That’s a product the United States has long contested that Canada subsidizes and unfairly dumps into our country — something even acknowledged by the Biden administration.
Trump isn’t some 17th-century mercantilist. He understands the benefits of global trade. He likes using tariffs as leverage to negotiate better trade agreements and to get increased cooperation from Mexico on border security.
2. Some Illegal Immigrants Like Trump
You know that threat that Trump will deport every man, woman, and child who is in this country illegally?
ProPublica, despite being a liberal-leaning publication, recently alluded to the fact that it won’t happen.
The site published an article on Tuesday, November 26 explaining Trump’s appeal to Latinos in the United States, many of whom oppose the asylum loophole that allows people to come here and receive work permits and government handouts.
That irks not only those who came here the right way and worked hard to receive the rights of an American but also some who came here illegally and don’t have access to those same things.
One such example is a woman from Wisconsin named Rosa.
Although Rosa is an illegal immigrant, she tries to follow the rules in the United States, work, and fly under the radar.
Weirdly enough, she’s glad Donald Trump won. Having lived under his first term, she’s convinced the incoming Trump administration won’t deport her.
Rosa, like Valadez, couldn’t vote. But two of Rosa’s U.S.-born children could, and they cast ballots for Trump. One of Rosa’s sons even drives a car with a bumper sticker that says “Let’s Go Brandon” — a popular anti-Biden slogan.
Rosa said she is glad her children voted for Trump. She’s not too worried about deportation, although she asked to be identified solely by her first name to reduce the risk. She believes Trump wants to deport criminals, not people like her who crossed the border undetected in the 1990s but haven’t gotten in trouble with the law. “They know who has been behaving well and who hasn’t been,” she said.
I also doubt the Trump administration will deport Rosa. It’ll likely focus on the heinous criminals that liberal judges set free.
3. RFK Jr. Has Some Good Ideas
Even The Washington Post, a liberal publication, admits that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, has some good ideas.
Here’s an excerpt from an article it published on November 19 titled “RFK Jr. has some good ideas. It’s what makes him so dangerous.”:
People are justifiably alarmed at the prospect of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being in charge of U.S. health policy. He amplifies conspiracy theories, is anti-vaccine, and makes bizarre health claims that aren’t backed up by evidence. But underneath his rhetoric, Kennedy has floated some interesting ideas, like limiting processed foods or banning pharmaceutical ads. Deputy Opinions editor Charles Lane talks with physician and columnist Leana Wen and editor Rob Gebelhoff about separating fact from fiction and what we should actually do to make America healthier.
Leana Wen is the former president of Planned Parenthood, so I could not care less about what she thinks America “should actually do to make America healthier.” I can tolerate a broad range of people, but I draw the line at abortionists.
But it is telling that even liberals have to admit that RFK Jr. has good ideas about making America healthier. I say that as someone who strongly supports vaccines and opposes abortion and transgenderism.
Kennedy is probably right that coloring Froot Loops with watermelon, carrots, and blueberries, as Canada does, is healthier than using red dye 40, yellow 5, and blue 1. As a Catholic, I think those artificial colorings violate natural law for no good reason. They just want to make people eat more junk food.
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