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At a press conference in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday, President Trump and E.U. Chief Executive Jean-Claude Juncker announced that the two trade partners were moving forward on a plan to end the trade war. Juncker’s presence at the White House proved that it was the E.U. that caved under pressure but the liberal broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were having none of it and refused to give Trump the win.
During World News Tonight, ABC was so against declaring Trump the victor that they insisted he was the one that failed under pressure. “To the President tonight, under pressure after his own tariffs igniting a trade war,” sensationalist anchor David Muir began the segment. “Well tonight, the President with a new promise. Reaching out to the European Union, he called them a foe just a week ago, but late today, calling a press conference outside the White House to say they will now work together.”
After the report was handed off, chief foreign correspondent Terry Moran suggested Trump was “reeling under increasing pressure from American farmers, Congressional Republicans, and nervous Wall Street investors”. And declared “President Trump suddenly shed his trade warrior persona today and declared a truce with the European Union.”
Trump’s supposed capitulation to Europe was the sole theme of Moran’s report. He set up the scene from the very beginning as he touched on the farmers affected by retaliatory tariffs and Republicans outraged by Tuesday’s announcement of a $12 billion bailout for farmers. “All that led to today's declaration. Tariffs remain in place for now, but the U.S. and E.U. will work together to open markets completely,” Moran opined.
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