Once again Donald Trump is showing Americans how unsuited to leading a democracy with a Free Press he is. Following a report in the Times that his campaign manager Paul Manafort may still be on pro-Putin Ukrainian strongman watabe Victor Yanukovych’s payroll.
Trump: 'I should' revoke New York Times credentials
By Ben Kamisar
Donald Trump floated rescinding his permission for The New York Times to cover his presidential campaign's events as he blasted the newspaper as "totally dishonest."
"The Washington Post has gotten a little bit better lately, I took away their press credentials," he said to the crowd at a rally in Columbus, Ohio.
"I should do it with the Times, but the problem is you get more publicity from doing it — just let them ride."
The Republican presidential nominee went on to chide the Times by predicting the paper will not be "in business more than two to three years."
Wow! A thinly veiled threat to put the New York Times out of business if Trump becomes president?
Does Trump assume he’s assured to become president, with authoritarian powers similar to the ones Putin has in Russia?
During the rally, he also laid into CNN, which he called "Clinton News Network" and said he wouldn't do more interviews on the network unless it treated him fairly.
Trump also launched a tirade against CNN on Twitter, but he still approves of the network most instrumental in launching his candidacy, FOX News.