N-TV (the German commercial news network) ran a piece this morning, which I found interesting.
The hype? The polling organization....YouGov....went and did a poll on 'risk to world peace'.
The German public says (roughly two-thirds of them) that President Trump is MORE of a risk than Russian boss Vladimir Putin. The same group hinted that Putin is just all plussed-up on points of being sympathetic and competent.
I would imagine that Putin is sitting there and talking to the KGB chief....wondering....what the heck happened here? I used to be the grand enemy of Germans, and blasted daily by the German public news media.
The KGB guy takes a deep breathe, and say: 'Boss, Trump has all this public relations business going on....Twitter talk.....hyping fake news. And us? Well....people are starting to talk about in a positive way....the 'nice-Putin'. The Kremlin souvenir shop is selling your signed copies of the picture with you on the horse with no shirt, and it's a big-money-maker.'
Putin then responds angrily: 'Damit, don't the Germans know who I really am? Donald isn't near as bad as me.'
So you sit back and ponder over this YouGov poll and what this really means. The blunt truth? Well....German public news works hard to convey a message. In a few months, as exports to the US lessen and business numbers drop slightly....they will have to figure a way to convey that Trump's tariff talk didn't have real effect anticipated.
Then when Trump and Putin reach lesser military tensions....the same news media will have to be creative to say that this lesser period....is really more.
At some point, a few Germans will wise up and suggest that believability in news.....is a problem.
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