CNN Compares Trump Release from Hospital to ‘Dear Leader’ Autocrats

Nicholas Fondacaro | October 5, 2020
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As Trump made his way out of Walter Reed Medical Center Monday evening, CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter spoke on The Situation Room and disgustingly compared his release from the hospital to the showmanship of “Dear Leader” autocrats like Kim Jong-un. He also blasted Trump’s return as “cynical,” “performative,” and “dangerous.

After being introduced by host Wolf Blitzer, Stelter immediately commended the sophomoric antics of Yahoo! reporter Hunter Walker, who shouted at Trump and accused him of being a “super spreader” of the virus.

That question was ignored,” Stelter chided, acting dumb to the fact the media would have attacked the President for spraying the virus all over the press if he had stopped to take questions. This was on display later in the evening when Trump took his mask off at the White House for a photo-op with no one anywhere close to him; the media still lost their minds.

Moaning about how Trump had given a thumbs up and wave to the camera, Stelter went on an unhinged rant about how Trump supposedly only thinks a day at a time as he produces his “television show” of a presidency.

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