US Politics

Marion McKeone: Media plays into Trump’s hands as he closes in on another run at the White House

Despite last week’s Town Hall performance, and the myriad lawsuits against him, it seems likely the former president will again be the Republican contender in 2024

Donald Trump and moderator Kaitlan Collins during CNN’s Republican Presidential Town Hall last week which sometimes resembled a televised Trump rally. Picture: CNN

If last week is anything to go by, America is in for an exhausting, enervating 18 months between now and the 2024 presidential election. CNN continues to take heavy fire from inside and outside its New York headquarters for facilitating a 70-minute tirade of Donald Trump falsehoods and vitriol, delivered in front of a cheering audience, while Democrats are bracing themselves for an uglier and more extreme version of the 2020 presidential election, with strategists ...