TRUMP

THE PRESS IS DISCREDITED FOREVER 201
The confidence began during the primaries.
• “Any story based on the premise that Trump has any
chance of becoming the nominee, let alone the president,
is a disservice to the reader.” —James Fallows, “How the
Press Should Handle a Candidate With No Chance of
Winning,” The Atlantic (July 13, 2015).
• “Trump has a better chance of cameoing in another
“Home Alone” movie with Macaulay Culkin—or playing
in the NBA finals—than winning the Republican
nomination.” –Harry Enten, “Why Donald Trump
Isn’t a Real Candidate, In One Chart,” FiveThirtyEight
(June 16, 2015).
• “No, Donald Trump Won’t Win”—David Brooks, The
New York Times (Dec. 4, 2015).
• “Trump Will Lose, or I Will Eat This Column”—
Dana Milbank, The Washington Post (Oct. 2, 2015).
And on into the general election:
• “There is no horse race here. Clinton is far enough ahead,
at a late enough stage in the election, that what we have
is a horse running by itself, unperturbed but for the faint
possibility of a comet hitting the track. Place your bets
accordingly.” — Jamelle Bouie, “There Is No Horse
Race,” Slate (Aug. 24, 2016). 623
• “The math is grim for Donald J. Trump: His rival, Hillary
Clinton, has a 90 percent chance of winning the election,
as of Monday afternoon. Wait, sorry — make that
91 percent, as of Monday night (and 92 percent as of
Tuesday afternoon). It just keeps getting worse for him.”
— Michael Barbaro, The New York Times, Oct. 18,
2016
• “Donald Trump’s chances of winning are approaching