Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Aiding and Abetting: How an Uncritical Media Helped Trump’s Rise 113 March 16, 2016 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Der Spiegel (Germany) on 15 March 2016 by Holger Stark (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Donald TrumpFox NewsGermanymedia Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Germany: Trump’s Epstein Problem November 23, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungTrump needs to learn that he can’t just coerce his followers with a stick; he also needs to offer a carrot. 0 Israel: A Pathway to Nowhere November 26, 2025. Published in Israel HayomEven in the earlier "Deal of the Century," Benjamin Netanyahu steered Donald Trump toward a Bar-Ilan-style bear hug: first applying Israeli law to parts of the territories, and only afterward offering a "minus Arab state." 0 Austria: The Agreement on the US Budget Is a Defeat for the Democrats November 24, 2025. Published in Der Standard 0 India: No Nation Deserves Ukraine’s Fate: A War It Cannot Win, a Peace It Cannot Accept November 24, 2025. Published in The Indian Express 0 Palestine: The American Delegation and Managing the Ceasefire’s Repercussions November 24, 2025. Published in alqudsNetanyahu's team ... has no interest in the ceasefire nor in the success of the American plan. 0 Topics Cuba: Life in Venezuela Has Not Stopped November 29, 2025. Published in Juventude Rebelde[T]hreats from Washington may have strengthened a sense of unity and sovereignty among citizens who want peace. 0 India: A Tenuous Truce: Can the Updated US-Ukraine Peace Plan Actually End the War? November 29, 2025. Published in FirstpostMoscow’s objective remains a final settlement on its own terms—not a temporary ceasefire or frozen conflict. 0 South Africa: How Revoking Naledi Pandor’s US Visa Was Engineered November 29, 2025. Published in Cape TimesThe question we therefore need to ask is who is next? 0 Saudi Arabia: A Tale of Two ‘Virtual’ Ceasefires November 29, 2025. Published in Arab News 0 Palestine: Peace: Rest in Peace November 28, 2025. Published in alquds“The Palestinians like me. The Palestinians are doing very well actually.” 0 Iraq: The Anxious America: When Fear Becomes a Component of Political Awareness November 27, 2025. Published in alsabaahThis contradiction between fearing violence while simultaneously rejecting it defines the current American mood. 0 Austria: Trump’s Double Failures November 27, 2025. Published in Der StandardThe first cracks are appearing in the MAGA movement, which has long been drunk with power. 0 Spain: Marco Rubio: Semiotics of the ‘Bully’ November 27, 2025. Published in La JornadaRubio represents a function: that of translating the doctrine of interventionism into everyday language. 0 Related Articles Germany: Easy Prey for Putin November 29, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungTrump’s vanity is not the only weakness that Putin can count on. India: A Tenuous Truce: Can the Updated US-Ukraine Peace Plan Actually End the War? November 29, 2025. Published in FirstpostMoscow’s objective remains a final settlement on its own terms—not a temporary ceasefire or frozen conflict. South Africa: How Revoking Naledi Pandor’s US Visa Was Engineered November 29, 2025. Published in Cape TimesThe question we therefore need to ask is who is next? Saudi Arabia: A Tale of Two ‘Virtual’ Ceasefires November 29, 2025. Published in Arab News Palestine: Peace: Rest in Peace November 28, 2025. Published in alquds“The Palestinians like me. The Palestinians are doing very well actually.” Previous articleRubio’s FailureNext articleHonesty Is Not Required To Win the US Presidential Election LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment