DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump spent a second day Tuesday [4-3-18] attacking CNN and other mainstream media outlets while defending Sinclair Broadcast Group, the local-news giant whose anchors were required to deliver an on-air monologue denouncing ‘the troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country.’ Trump spread around his anger on Monday [4-2-18] morning, lobbing criticism at the Mexican government, Democrats and his own Justice Department, in addition to the media, but on Tuesday he seemed predominantly focused on the press, albeit with posts about immigration and his own poll numbers as well. Trump is scheduled to face reporters Tuesday at a news conference alongside heads of state from the Baltics, although multilateral press conferences with foreign leaders are typically brief affairs limited to two questions each from the American and visiting press. Trump has not held a formal news conference by himself since February 16, 2017.”
–Louis Nelson, “Trump launches second day of attacks against the media,” Politico, April 3, 2018 9:20am