re: CNN bitching Trump left Washington and didn't tell them.

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But I believe in punishing your political enemies and rewarding your friends. CNN and others like CNN clearly demonstrated that they regard Trump as a dangerous political enemy that must be defeated by any means necessary.

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I think you have to find a way to damage their credibility without shutting them out. I think it's a dangerous position to take (POTUS treating press as enemy), but I don't necessarily disagree that CNN has created that dynamic.

I'm all for going hard after the opposition. But the media can't be treated the same way as the opposing party, because a lot of the country won't recognize they're the opposition. Instead, it'll just damage your credibility and piss off fairer members of the press. I know Trump got here by not playing by the rules, but I just don't think it serves his agenda to handle it that way. I'm confident his administration can find was to undercut the press without shutting them down.

But again, for the record, I expect this was a logistical thing or some other transition issue, I don't think it'll be the norm.