Trump calls the press “The Enemy of the People”

Harris L News media, Trump authoritarian April 30, 2020 1 Minute

The phrase came from Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play An Enemy of the People. I am a big admirer of Ibsen’s plays but don’t think this one of his best. My favorites are The Wild Duck (1884) and Hedda Gabler (1890).

These are the leaders in history who used the phrase "the enemy of the people":

Stalin
Hitler
Mao
Chavez
Mugabe
Trump

It was too extreme for the later Soviets. In 1956, Khrushchev retired the term, saying it was just aimed at annihilating those who disagreed with Stalin. https://t.co/c9RWbNhMmK
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 27, 2020

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Can you please focus on the pandemic? The enemy of the people is #COVIDー19. Over 56,000 Americans have died from the virus. We still need much more testing and PPE. That’s not fake news, that’s reality. https://t.co/i4c9yko1dY
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 27, 2020

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Published April 30, 2020

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