But you don’t need to be in America to feel the ripples whenever Trump threatens countries with his erratic tariffs. We feel it in our hip pockets, on the supermarket shelves, petrol pumps, and the stock market.
Following the coverage of the US-Israel war with Iran and a tenuous ceasefire until April 22 is like navigating a maze of claims and counterclaims.
Each news source spins a certain narrative. Each media leak blurs the line between truth and falsehood. What is pledged in public is different from what is said in private.
The relationship between Trump and the American media points to a journalistic dilemma. Report Trump’s vitriol and journalists risk enabling it. Challenge his belligerence, and journalists are dismissed as “fake media”.
The tension between a nascent autocracy and American media independence is...